Alternative Sentencing Support

To end the abuses and discrimination that TGI people experience in prisons and jails, we seek to decrease number of TGI people going into jail or prison by diverting them out of the criminal justice system as early as possible. We assist TGI people awaiting sentencing in the San Francisco Bay Area to access needed health, social and economic services, as alternatives to imprisonment.

Legal Advice & Referrals for Prisoners

TGIJP also provides legal advice and referrals to defend the human rights and dignity of TGI people who are experiencing abuse, discrimination and harassment in prison due to their gender and/or intersex status.

International Human Rights Advocacy

We participate in United Nations reviews of the human rights record of the U.S., and educate our home communities about our rights under international human rights laws. We bring these rights home by educating our communities on how to leverage these rights in their local activism. In doing this work, we also educate the international human rights community about the needs and issues impacting transgender communities of color.

Community Organizing & Leadership Development

To address the root causes of the human rights abuse epidemic against TGI people throughout society & the criminal justice system, TGIJP supports base-building projects that build the leadership capacity of TGI communities, and especially among TGI prisoners and former prisoners.

The TIP Committee

TGIJP’s Trans/Gender Variant in Prison Committee (TIP) is a volunteer-led grassroots community organizing effort by and for TGI people inside and out of prison, and their allies, to expose and end the human rights abuse of TGI people in California prisons. TIP provides logistical and technical assistance to TGI people organizing in prison, and educates the public about the failure of the prison industrial complex and the need for community-based alternatives to address interpersonal and systemic violence.

Building A Movement

Transforming Justice Coalition

We are one of the key sponsors of the national Transforming Justice Coalition, made up of organizations and individuals dedicated to promoting the leadership of former and current TGI prisoners. Following the groundbreaking Transforming Justice conference in 2007, this coalition will help build a national movement for short-term and long-term solutions to the human rights crisis facing transgender and gender variant communities today. Contact us for more information on how to join us!