Transgender, Gender Varient, and Intersex Justice Project

The Transgender, Gender Variant, and Intersex (TGI) Justice Project’s mission is to challenge and end the human rights abuses committed against transgender, gender variant/genderqueer, and intersex (TGI) people in California prisons and beyond.

Work with: Transgender, gender variant/genderqueer, and intersex (TGI) people throughout California and the United States
Services for survivors during incarceration include: Subscription to the TGIJP Stiletto prison newsletter and a free copy of the handbook, Surviving Prison in California: Advice by and for Transgender Women. The handbook contains tips and information about housing, protection from abuse, education, health, and other resources. The handbook and newsletter are free for prisoners. Resources and self-advocacy tools are available through the mail.
Services for survivors after release include: Peer support and education for formerly incarcerated TGI people; and empowerment retreats for trans people who are coming home from prison.
Services for loved ones include: None.
Additional Information: TGIJP also offers public speaking and political education through trainings, speeches, and workshops on the experiences and stories of transgender people in prison as part of the movement to end mass imprisonment.