TGI Justice Project explained

TGI Justice Project
Founded Date:	2004
Area Served:	California, United States
Focus:	Transgender rights Prisoners' rights
Homepage:	www.tgijp.org

The Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project (TGI Justice Project or TGIJP) is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization working to end human rights abuses against transgender, intersex, and gender-variant people, particularly trans women of color in California prisons and detention centers.^{[1] [2] [3]} Originally led by Black trans activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and Asian American trans man and activist Alexander L. Lee (also the organization's founder),^[4] the current executive director of TGIJP is Janetta Johnson, a Black trans woman who was formerly incarcerated in a men's prison.^{[5] [6]}

In 2016, TGIJP joined Black Lives Matter in withdrawing from the San Francisco Pride Parade, in protest of increased police presence at the event.^{[7] [8]}

See also

• LGBT people in prison
• Transgender Law Center

External links

• • California prisons grapple with hundreds of transgender inmates requesting new housing (Los Angeles Times, April 5, 2021)
• Trans women are still incarcerated with men and it’s putting their lives at risk (CNN, June 23, 2021)
• California has moved few transgender women out of men’s prisons, despite new law (San Francisco Chronicle, December 20, 2021)
• LGBTQ+ rights groups defend California policy protecting transgender inmates (The Hill, May 10, 2022)

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Us . TGI Justice . June 4, 2019.
2. Dommu . Rose . 7 Organizations to Support That Aren't the Homophobic Salvation Army . June 4, 2019 . . November 21, 2018.
3. Madison . Alex . The nation's first trans cultural district is starting to turn ideas into reality . June 4, 2019 . LGBTQ Nation . October 7, 2018.
4. News: Nguyen . Stacy . Trans rights org founder Alex Lee on activism and importance of Black women leaders . 6 July 2023 . Northwest Asian Weekly . 2 July 2020.
5. Chitnis . Rucha . Why Defending Human Rights Is Women's Work . June 4, 2019 . . March 8, 2017.
6. News: Puglise . Nicole . LGBT prisoners' art exhibit offers voice to the incarcerated – and 'call to action' . June 4, 2019 . . November 6, 2016.
7. Chan . Rosalie . Black Lives Matter Withdraws From San Francisco Pride Parade in Response to Increased Policing . June 4, 2019 . . June 25, 2016.
8. News: Najarro . Ileana . Black Lives Matter withdraws from S.F.'s Pride Parade due to increased police presence . June 4, 2019 . . June 25, 2016.