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Transgender, Gender Variant And Intersex Justice Project, Oakland, CA

Fighting for the rights of incarcerated trans people in California

The Transgender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) is the nation's only organization dedicated to challenging and ending human rights abuses—including rape, discrimination and medical neglect—against transgender, gender variant/genderqueer and intersex people in prison. TGIJP cites poverty resulting from discrimination and marginalization as the underlying reason for incarceration of TGI people. With two full-time staff and a cadre of committed volunteers, the Project recently hosted a historic gathering, Transforming Justice. For three invigorating and poignant days, more than 250 people from 14 states—including former prisoners, activists, attorneys, and community members—shared strategies, personal stories, and envisioned the beginnings of a national movement to end the root causes of imprisonment, criminalization, and poverty in transgender communities. www.tgijp.org

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