Our Stiletto Prison Newsletter is finally out!
Stiletto is our prison newsletter that is written by and for transgender folks both in and out of prison. We send it to over 1000 people in prison, mostly our trans sisters. Please have a look, and feel free to download and print a copy for yourself or your organization.
If you have trouble downloading, you can contact StormMiguel at stormmiguel@tgijp.org for a PDF.
If you have trouble downloading, you can contact StormMiguel at stormmiguel@tgijp.org for a PDF.
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TGI Justice Project is a group of transgender people—inside and outside of prison—creating a united family in the struggle for survival and freedom.
We work in collaboration with others to forge a culture of resistance and resilience to strengthen us for the fight against imprisonment, police violence, racism, poverty, and societal pressures. We seek to create a world rooted in self determination, freedom of expression, and gender justice. |
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In Loving Memory of Minister BobbieJean Baker
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Community Mourns Loss of Transgender Oakland Minister
Bobbie Jean Baker See more at: http://elixher.com/community-mourns- loss-of-transgender-oakland-minister- bobbie-jean- baker/#sthash.oPwqPthU.dpuf Community members everywhere are mourning the loss of transgender activist and religious leader Bobbie Jean Baker. Baker, 49, tragically died in a car crash on New Year’s Day. “It’s a big community loss. She [was] huge in the African-American transgender community and the community at large,” said Tiffany W oods, the program coordinator at the Tri-City Health Center in Fremont, the only transgender program serving transgender women in Alameda County. “She was grooming the younger [generation] and mentoring them.” A staunch advocate and role model, Baker worked with trans women overcoming substance abuse, homelessness and more. The Memphis native moved to the Bay Area in 1992 and later became an ordained minister at the City of Refuge United Church of Christ in San Francisco. She was the lead singer in the transgender group Transcendence Gospel Choir for a decade and was returning from a nighttime service when the crash happened. The unfortunate incident is currently under investigation. The ELIXHER team had the honor of meeting Bobbie Jean Baker at the 2012 TransSaints in Color Conference in Charlotte, NC. W e are extremely saddened by this news. A ceremony was held in Baker’s honor Saturday, January 11 at 1 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Oakland, at 2501 Harrison Street. |
Min. BobbieJean Baker
(from left to right) Janetta Johnson, BobbieJean Baker, Miss Major
Beautiful memory of Min. Baker Preaching and Singing
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