Resources: LGBTQI-focused Organizations and Resources
PARC corresponds with and mails a directory of these resources to prisoners, their friends and family members. We are often the first point of contact for people to connect with prisoners' rights organizations, community organizations, prison literature and arts projects, family and visiting resources, health care and legal resources, parole and pre-release resources, and the prison abolition movement.
Download a PDF copy of the November 2024 Edition here.
Please note recent updates since our last publication:
Compassion Works For All has closed (see listing in Religious Programs)
Missouri Prison Books: Now sending to Kansas, Illinois, and Indiana. Is banned in Missouri, since Sept 23, 2024
The Pathfinder Network: correct phone is 503-892-5396
Providence Books Through Bars c/o Paper Nautilus 19 S Angell Street Providence RI 02906
Women’s Book Project 3501 Aldrich Ave. S, Minneapolis MN 55408
PDX Books Through Bars: ships up to 3 books for free to anyone incarcerated in all states except Wisconsin. General topics/genres only. PO Box 11222; Portland OR, 97211
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The Transformative Justice Law Project We provide free, life and gender-affirming legal services to everyone on the gender spectrum regardless of financial status. Due to capacity, TJLP is currently focusing on name and gender marker changes. We especially prioritize folks who are low-income and street-based transgender and gender-nonconforming people targeted by the criminal legal system. Serves Illinois only.
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Transgender Law Center The primary focus of TLC’s prison mail response program is to connect incarcerated transgender and gender-nonconforming people with information to equip them to advocate for themselves. The resources TLC has access to include; policies issued by specific state DOCs and the federal BOP; guides to navigating grievance processes and filing lawsuits; know-your-rights guides for transgender and LGBT people; legal name and gender change information; model policies developed by LGBT advocacy organizations; statements from medical professional associations on the necessity of transition-related health care; basic medical information about transition-related health care; case law from previous lawsuits filed by transgender people in prison; reentry resources; resource lists of other organizations. Unfortunately, we cannot provide legal advice, representation, or take on cases through our prison mail response program. Serves people nationwide, but more specific information for Californians. |
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Transgender, Gender Variant, and Intersex (TGI) Justice Project Miss Major Alexander L Lee TGIJP Black Trans Cultural Center (fka The TGI Justice Project) works primarily with Transgender, GNC, and Intersex (TGI) people who are in prison and formerly incarcerated in California. We will pause our individualized client advocacy support while we internally restructure and shift our legal department. This will include not providing any onsite legal lawyers, legal representation, or litigation; however, we will be sharing legal education which consists of sharing supporting cases and relevant laws for self-advocacy purposes. We will also continue to provide letters of support for parole, upcoming court hearings, legal name & gender change support, and providing our Melenie Eleneke Grassroots Re-entry/Socio-Economic Program. Miss Major Alexander L Lee Center supports TGI people in prison being released to the San Francisco Bay Area and is part of a broader movement fighting for racial and social justice. Some services nationwide but more services for Californians. Expect delays in response to letters.
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Tranzmission Prison Project An LGBTQ+ focused abolition and advocacy group based out of Asheville, NC. A volunteer-run, non-hierarchicial organization providing free books, zines, resources and other means of support to incarcerated queer individuals nationwide. |
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