The Mission: The Mission of Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) is to challenge and end the human rights abuses committed against Black, Black/Brown trans people inside of California prisons, jails, detention centers and beyond. TGIJP builds voice and power and leadership among 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 centering Black Trans People. TGIJP was founded in 2004 to provide legal services for transgender and gender variant/non-conforming people, in CA prisons, jails and detention centers. In 2005 Alexander Lee, esquire united with Transgender in Prison (TIP) Committee and hired Miss Major Griffin-Gracy to be the organization’s first Executive Director. Since then the TGIJP has grown from it's roots as the Transgender in Prison Committee (an offshoot from the HIV-in-Prison Committee) to a thriving direct service and global advocacy leader in the service of TGI liberation. Since 2015 our current Executive Director, Miss Janetta Johnson, has grown our service structure to include housing and employment support services for TGI people throughout the Bay Area. In 2019 TGIJP began providing outreach and engagement services as the only Black Trans organization in the service provider pool for the City and County of San Francisco’s Homelessness response system. TGIJP now manages Our Trans Homes and provides main stream flexible housing subsidies to over 500 eligible trans participants in San Francisco. TGIJP recently purchased a building that can hold our vision of a Black Trans Cultural Center and political home for TGIJP community members – to ensure Black Trans people had stakes, ownership and stability within the city we helped to build, San Francisco.
External link for TGI Justice Project
131 Franklin St
San Francisco, California 94102, US
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Since our founding in 2004, it has been a central goal of the TGI Justice Project to be led by members from our base—transgender women of color who have been impacted by prisons and police. I am so inspired by the emerging leaders we have come to love through our organizing at BGR!
Doin’ the work at Black Girlz Rulez Over the years we have seen a record number of murders of Black Trans Women, as well as new attempts to criminalize the Black trans community. With the recent announcement of the Trump administration’s attempt to write transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex identities out of existence, it’s clear that our communities are facing a war launched against our bodies and our lives. The impact of this war is falling particularly heavily on the South and Midwest regions of the U.S., where the majority of the murders of Black Trans Women in the past year have occurred. Trans, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGI) folks in these regions often cannot obtain government-issued identification that shows their actual (rather than assigned at birth) name and gender marker, which affects their ability to find work, housing, and health care. Gender-affirming medical care is also inaccessible in many parts of the U.S., which is particularly detrimental in these regions where gender non-conformance is met with increased violence—especially for Black and Brown women. At the same time, in other parts of the U.S.—like California and New York—TGI folks have gained significant victories in the fight for access to health care, legal name and gender changes, and freedom from discrimination, violence, and oppression. Many TGI folks in areas where these rights have not been recognized, particularly those who also face the oppressive forces of anti-Blackness and misogyny, lack the resources to relocate to regions with better care, access, and resources. In order to develop an organized response to these attacks, Transgender, Gender Variant, Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) is calling for an emergency convening of Black Trans Femes/People with a centering folks from Florida and the south to develop a national organizing campaign that will look at how the intersections of racism, criminalization, and transphobia are impacting Black Trans Women. This convening will advance the work during the previous three #BlackGirlzRulez conferences, building this existing network while creating space to focus on the spike in violence and transphobic rhetoric at the federal level. A key part of the campaign will focus on developing a national network of Black Trans-led organizations who will provide support to Black Trans Fems, focusing in particular on the South and Midwest, to get the services and documents they need to recognize their existence and live their lives as they want. Based loosely on the idea of the Underground Railroad, Black Trans leaders from organizations across the country will be connected with TGIJP and other organizations, who will support them in gaining temporary residence in areas with increased access and opportunities for Black Trans Women. Please join us in the movement!
Doin’ the work at Black Girlz Rulez Over the years we have seen a record number of murders of Black Trans Women, as well as new attempts to criminalize the Black trans community. With the recent announcement of the Trump administration’s attempt to write transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex identities out of existence, it’s clear that our communities are facing a war launched against our bodies and our lives. The impact of this war is falling particularly heavily on the South and Midwest regions of the U.S., where the majority of the murders of Black Trans Women in the past year have occurred. Trans, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGI) folks in these regions often cannot obtain government-issued identification that shows their actual (rather than assigned at birth) name and gender marker, which affects their ability to find work, housing, and health care. Gender-affirming medical care is also inaccessible in many parts of the U.S., which is particularly detrimental in these regions where gender non-conformance is met with increased violence—especially for Black and Brown women. At the same time, in other parts of the U.S.—like California and New York—TGI folks have gained significant victories in the fight for access to health care, legal name and gender changes, and freedom from discrimination, violence, and oppression. Many TGI folks in areas where these rights have not been recognized, particularly those who also face the oppressive forces of anti-Blackness and misogyny, lack the resources to relocate to regions with better care, access, and resources. In order to develop an organized response to these attacks, Transgender, Gender Variant, Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) is calling for an emergency convening of Black Trans Femes/People with a centering folks from Florida and the south to develop a national organizing campaign that will look at how the intersections of racism, criminalization, and transphobia are impacting Black Trans Women. This convening will advance the work during the previous three #BlackGirlzRulez conferences, building this existing network while creating space to focus on the spike in violence and transphobic rhetoric at the federal level. A key part of the campaign will focus on developing a national network of Black Trans-led organizations who will provide support to Black Trans Fems, focusing in particular on the South and Midwest, to get the services and documents they need to recognize their existence and live their lives as they want. Based loosely on the idea of the Underground Railroad, Black Trans leaders from organizations across the country will be connected with TGIJP and other organizations, who will support them in gaining temporary residence in areas with increased access and opportunities for Black Trans Women. Please join us in the movement!