Volunteer-run organization that sends books and other educational materials, free of charge, to LGBT-identified people in prison across the US. Will send books in Spanish (enviar libros en Español). Serves all states except Texas.
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LBGTQ+
Fair Shake’s LBGTQ+ page is a work-in-progress. If you know of resources that could benefit the LBGTQ+ community, we hope you will share them with us so we can share them both on our website and app!
Black & Pink
Black & Pink is an open family of LGBTQ+ prisoners and “free world” allies who support each other. We are outraged by the specific violence of the prison industrial complex against LGBTQ people, and respond through advocacy, education, direct service, and organizing.
To contact Black and Pink:
2406 Fowler Ave Suite 316
Omaha, NE 68111
531-466-3346
Black & Pink has chapters in many cities including:
Boise, Buffalo, Chicago, Denver, New Orleans, New York City. San Diego and
San Francisco: Flying Over Walls
2015 Report:
Black & Pink conducted a 133-question survey within their membership and received nearly 1,200 responses, thus producing the largest-ever data-set available on the experiences of LGBTQ prisoners in the country. Their report aims to share the experiences of LBGTQ prisoners in the United States by elevating prisoner voices, stories, and leadership to inspire immediate collective action.
LGBT Books to Prisoners
Prison Activist Resource Center
LBGTQ+ Resources:
https://www.prisonactivist.org/resources/lgbtqi-focused-organizations-and-resources
Contact PARC
PO Box 70447
Oakland CA 94612
Prison Book Program in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Inside Books Project
Inside Books Project is an Austin-based community service volunteer organization that sends free books and educational materials to prisoners in Texas. Inside Books is the only books-to-prisoners program in Texas, where over 140,000 people are incarcerated. Inside Books Project works to promote reading, literacy, and education among incarcerated individuals and to educate the general public on issues of incarceration.
Inside Books Project Resource Guide
https://insidebooksproject.org/
Inside Books Project
3106 E. 14 1/2 Street
Austin, Texas 78702
These listings were discovered in the American Friends LGBTQ+ Prisoner Resource Guide attached here:
THE PRIDE CENTER OF NJ
85 Raritan Avenue, Suite 100
Highland Park, NJ 08904-2701
732-846-2232
http://www.pridecenter.org/
The Pride Center of New Jersey is a welcoming place where gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and questioning men, women, and teens can meet, socialize, share, bond, grow in self- awareness, and thrive.
GARDEN STATE EQUALITY
40 South Fullerton Avenue
Montclair, New Jersey 07042
973-473-5428
https://www.gardenstateequality.org/
Garden State Equality is New Jersey’s statewide advocacy and education organization for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. GSE led efforts to ensure nondiscrimination for transgender and gender nonconforming people in New Jersey, pass the most comprehensive anti-bullying law in the country, end sexual orientation and gender expression change efforts in New Jersey, and bring marriage equality to the Garden State.
LESBIAN AND GAY INSURRECTION
3543 18th Street, #26
San Francisco, CA 94110
510-434-1304
http://www.lagai.org/
LAGAI is a grassroots organization doing direct action and education for radical social change from a queer perspective. Produces the bimonthly newspaper “ULTRAVIOLET,” which is free to prisoners.
PFLAG
1828 L Street NW, Suite 628
Washington D.C., 20036
202-467-8180
https://pflag.org/
Uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer with families, friends, and allies. PFLAG is committed to advancing equality through its mission of support, education, and advocacy.
Transgender Law Center
P.O. Box 70976
Oakland, CA 94612
www.transgenderlawcenter.org
Transgender Law Center is the largest national, trans-led organization working to set all people free. We champion the right of all transgender and gender-nonconforming people to make their own choices and live freely, safely, and authentically. Prioritizing BIPOC, disabled, and HIV+ communities, we advance community-driven strategies that harness trans knowledge, power, and joy to ensure that we all not only survive but thrive at all ages and phases of life. Transgender Law Center works to end the abuses transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) people experience in all forms of detention including prisons, jails, immigration detention, and state hospitals. We receive hundreds of letters from incarcerated TGNC people each year, and our Prison Mail Program ensures that each letter receives a thoughtful response with helpful legal resources.
Trans Lifeline
548 Market St., PMB 15337
San Francisco, CA 94104-5401
www.translifeline.org
Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for trans people. We are building community-based alternatives to ways trans people have been policed, pathologized, and targeted by oppressive systems at every turn. They have a huge, free database of all the local and national information surrounding ID change.
ID Change Library
https://translifeline.org/resources/id-change-library/https://translifeline.org/resources/id-change-library/
Commissary Microgrants provide commissary money for incarcerated trans people! How to apply: Send a letter via postal mail requesting a Commissary Microgrant that includes your name, committed name, age, pronouns, inmate ID number, address, payment method, and instructions for deposit to:
Trans Lifeline
Inside Advocacy
548 Market St PMB 15337
San Francisco, CA 94104-5401
LAMBDA LEGAL
120 Wall Street, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10005-3919
212-809-8585
https://glaad.org/tag/lambda-legal/
Lambda Legal carries out its legal work principally through test cases selected for the likelihood of their success in establishing positive legal precedents that will affect LGBT people and those affected by HIV. Lambda Legal recently represented a trans prisoner successfully in a lawsuit against the Texas prison system.
National Center for LGTBTQ Rights
1401 21st Street #11548
Sacramento, CA 95811
415.392.6257
www.nclrights.org
NCLR works at the local, state and federal levels to ensure that LGBTQ prisoners are as safely housed as possible and have access to life-saving medical care. We work with local, state, and federal officials to ensure that LGBTQ prisoners are as safe as possible, that transgender prisoners are housed in accordance with their gender identity, and that LGBTQ prisoners have access to proper medical care.
Trans Empowerment Project
6102 S. Archer Ave Box 105
Chicago, IL 60638
https://transempowerment.org/
Miss Major Alexander L. Lee TGIJP Black Trans Cultural Center
370 Turk St #370
San Francisco, CA 94102
www.tgijp.org
TGIJP Black Trans Cultural Center is a team of transgender, gender-variant and intersex people, inside and outside of California prisons, jails, detention centers, and other locked facilities creating a united family in the struggle for survival and freedom. Our Re-Entry Program empowers community members returning home as they navigate resources, gain access to housing & long-term employment.