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Locked Out Prison Book Project Resourse List for Glbt and Q Prisoners Summer 2008

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LockedOut
c/o Prison Book Project
P.O. Box 396
Amherst, MA 01004

Summer 2008 edition
LockedOut is a resource list for
gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, and
queer prisoners in the U.S. Free,
but stamps are welcomed. Let us
know if you write a group and
don't hear back. Book requests
from CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, TX,
or VT will be filled by Prison
Book Project. Sorry, but no
requests for legal aid or pen pals.
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ACLU NATIONAL PRISON
PROJECT
HIV/AIDS/HEPATITIS
EDUCATION PROJECT
915 15th St. NW, 7th Floor
Washington DC 20005
Sends free information on
HIV/AIDS/hepatitis to
prisoners. Responds to
complaints from prisoners
living with
HIV/AIDS/hepatitis and
LGBT prisoners. Publishes
the STD booklet, Play It
Safer, write for a free copy.
BLACK ICE PRINT
P.O. Box 13074
Philadelphia, PA 19101
Offers literature about struggle
and change. Free to women &
trans prisoners in the U.S.

BROTHERS BEHIND BARS
c/o RFD (Radical Faerie Digest)
P.O. Box 68
Liberty, TN 37095
A quarterly penpal list of
gay/bi/trans male prisoners
produced and distributed by RFD.
Write for details.
CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR
WOMEN PRISONERS
1540 Market St., Ste. 490
San Francisco, CA 94102
Visits women, transgender, gender
variant, and intersex people in
California women's prisons,
publishes The Fire Inside (free to
all prisoners), provides advocacy,
and sends resource guides inside.
CHICAGO BOOKS TO WOMEN
IN PRISON
c/o Beyondmedia
4001 N Ravenswood #204c
Chicago, IL 60613
Sends books to women only in
AZ, CT, FL, IL, IN, KY, & MS.
JEN DURR SERVICES
N9494 Haltur Ln.
Eagle WI 53119
Publishes zine Trans Spirituality
by/for T/GV prisoners and allies,
and offers the TransAction
Program a post-release program
specifically for transsexual exprisoners. Zine free to prisoners.
MASSACHUSETTS
TRANSGENDER
POLITICAL COALITION
P.O. Box 301897
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Seeking experiences and
suggested policy changes from
Massachusetts based transgender
prisoners through the
*Transgender Prisoner
Questionnaire*. Write for copy.
Provides referrals to transgender
specific organizations and support.
OUT OF CONTROL
LESBIAN COMMITTEE
TO SUPPORT WOMEN
POLITICAL PRISONERS
3543 18th St., Box 30
San Francisco, CA 94110
Supports women prisoners
and political prisoners in the
U.S. and internationally.
Publishes Out of Time. Free,
donations welcomed.
POWER INSIDE
P.O. Box 4796
Baltimore, MD 21211
Provides women centered services
to women including trans women
and trans men. Offers support and
advocacy for those who are
incarcerated, homeless, addicted,
or in the sex trade.
POZ
500 Fifth Ave., Suite 320
New York, NY 10110
Free subscription to any HIV+
person who can't afford it. Write
for details.
PRISON BOOK PROGRAM
1306 Hancock St., Suite 100
Quincy, MA 02169
Offers National Prisoners
Resource List free to prisoners.
Book requests accepted, except

In memory of Mother Mike Riegle.

from CA, KY, LA, MD, MI, NV,
OR, and TX. Stamps welcomed.
STOP PRISONER RAPE, INC.
3325 Wilshire Blvd., Suite. 340
Los Angeles, CA 90010
A national human rights
organization that works to put
an end to sexual violence
against men, women, and youth
in all forms of detention.
TGI (TRANSGENDER,
GENDER VARIANT AND
INTERSEX) JUSTICE PROJECT
342 9th Street, Suite 202B
San Francisco, CA 94103
Write for details.
TIG PRISONER PEN PAL
PROJECT
426 President St.
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Penpal listing for transgender,
intersex and gender-variant
prisoners. Please send a brief
posting, your contact information,
and any restrictions (no mail from
other prisoners etc.).
WISCONSIN BOOKS TO
PRISONERS
1019 Williamson St #B
Madison WI 53703
Sends books to WI and lgbt
prisoners nationwide only.
Hope has two beautiful daughters;
their names are anger and
courage. Anger at the way things
are, and courage to see that they
do not remain the way they are. St. Augustine