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2011
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A Place of Respect: A Guide for Group Care Facilities Serving Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth
By Marksamer, Jody; Spade, Dean; Arkles, Gabriel. National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) (San Francisco, CA); Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) (New York, NY).
“Transgender and gender non-conforming youth often face serious physical, emotional, and sexual abuse in group homes, detention centers, and correctional institutions. Because staff members are often unsure of how to provide respectful and supportive services to these youth, they may unwittingly subject them to situations that are discriminatory and harmful. This guide offers group care facilities information and tools to provide transgender and gender non-conforming young people with appropriat... Read More
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2010
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Toilet Training Companion Guide for Activists and Educators
Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) (New York, NY).
Even though this guide is intended to accompany a video about bathroom access for transgender and gender non-conforming individuals, it is an excellent resource that can be used by itself. It aims to “start conversations not only about trans bathroom access, but also about the impact of all sex-segregated facilities (shelters, jails and prisons, group homes, drug treatment facilities, etc.) on people who do not fit within gender norms. This is one of the most controversial and important fronts i... Read More
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23 pages
2010
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Systems of Injustice: Criminal Justice
Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) (New York, NY).
“This diagram illustrates how overpolicing and profiling of low income people and of trans and gender non-conforming people intersect, producing a far higher risk than average of imprisonment, police harassment, and violence for low income trans people.” It also describes the additional gender-related harms suffered while in the custody of the criminal justice system.... Read More
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