Resources for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Prisoners

ACLU LESBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS PROJECT/AIDS PROJECT
125 Broad St., 18th floor
New York NY 10004

GAY & LESBIAN ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS
294 Washington Street, Suite 740
Boston, MA 02108
ONLY in six states of New England: legal information and referrals for LGBT and HIV+ prisoners.

LESBIAN AND GAY INSURRECTION (LAGAI)
3543 - 18th Street #26
San Francisco CA 94110
A grassroots organization doing direct action and education for radical social change from a queer perspective. Produces the bimonthly newspaper ULTRAVIOLET. Free to prisoners

OUT OF CONTROL LESBIAN COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT WOMEN POLITICAL PRISONERS
3542 18th St.
San Francisco CA 94110
Does educational/advocacy work and publishes OUT OF TIME for women prisoners, political prisoners, plus prison related issues. Free to all.

OUT/WORD
c/o S. Berry
P.O. Box 20900
Tompkins Square Station
New York NY 10009-8974
Resource guide for LGBT/TS/HIV affected prisoners. Free to all - stamps/donations appreciated.

RFD
Box 68
Liberty TN 37095
Offers Brothers Behind Bars - a free pen pal listing for prisoners. Ads of 30 words or less (and pictures) will be printed in a free listing available by request and advertised in RFD. Pen pal ads should be addressed to “BBB. RFD”. Also offers Prison Pages - a section devoted to writings by queer prisoners as well as resources and other info of interest to prisoners and people who care about them. PP accepts submissions of artwork, fiction, non-fiction and poetry by LGBT prisoners. Inquiries and submissions should be addressed to “Prison Pages. RFD”. RFD offers a discounted prisoner subscription rate of $10 a year (some prisons, however, will not accept RFD due to content)

SINISTER WISDOM, INC.
PO Box 3252
Berkeley, CA 94703
SW publishes work by lesbians only - prose, poetry, essays, graphics, and book reviews. Free to women in prison.

T.I.P. JOURNAL
c/o Gender Identity Center of Colorado, Inc.
1401 Saulsbury St., Suite G-9
Lakewood, CO 80214
A newsletter for transgendered prisoners.

TRANS/GENDER VARIANT IN PRISON COMMITEE
California Prison Focus
2940 16th St. #307
San Francisco CA 94103
An advocacy group dedicated to ending the human rights abuses of transgender and gender variant individuals in prisons.





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