Criminal Justice Support
- Trans Lifeline’s Inside Advocacy Project provides financial aid and local resources to trans people currently incarcerated or recently released
- TGI Justice Project is a group of transgender, gender variant, and intersex people–inside and outside of prisons, jails, and detention centers–creating a united family in the struggle for survival and freedom
- Tranzmission Prison Project (TPP) books project & resources for trans prisoners
- Resources for trans prisoners – Lambda Legal
- Transgender Law Center
- National Center for Transgender Equality
- The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) provides legal services to improve the conditions of confinement and reduce the number of people held in prison and jail, and also helps develop guidelines on classification and care of trans individuals.
- How do federal, provincial, and territorial laws or policies protect transgender inmates in Canada?
- What the Survey of Prison Inmates tells us about trans people in state prison
- The Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (QDEP) assists folks coming out of immigration detention in securing structural, health/wellness, educational, legal, and emotional support, and services.
- Black & Pink is a prison abolitionist organization dedicated to abolishing the criminal punishment system and liberating TLGBQ+IA2S+ people and people living with HIV/AIDS who are affected by that system through advocacy, support, and organizing
- Freedom Overground serves to amplify the voices of incarcerated TGNC/LGBQIA+ people by empowering them before, during, and after incarceration
- LGBTQ Freedom Fund pays bail to secure the safety and liberty of individuals in jail and immigration detention
- A.B.O. Comix is a collective of creators and activists who work to amplify the voices of TLGBQ+ prisoners through art
- Legal resources for incarcerated people by state – Prison Policy Initiative
- Columbia Law School’s Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual
Regional (USA)
- Hearts on a Wire is a prison advocacy organization addressing the needs of trans people in Pennsylvania’s prisons
- Emergency Release Fund – bail funds in New York City
- Beyond These Walls – for trans prisoners in the Pacific Northwest
- Advocating for yourself while in custody in California
- Guide to legally changing your name & gender while incarcerated in California
- Changing your name while incarcerated in a Washington state prison resource guide
- GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) – New England
- Safe To Be You! LGBTQ+ Legal Access Project – New Mexico Legal Aid
- Transformative Justice Project of Illinois
The majority of these resources are not affiliated with Trans Lifeline and we can’t guarantee accuracy, services, or products. Community accountability is important, so if there’s something we should know about a resource listed here or if you’d like to recommend a resource, let us know.