Areas of Work: Gender Segregated Facilities
Trans and gender gender non-conforming people face severe access problems when it comes to gender-segregated facilities like bathrooms, locker rooms, shelters, in-patient drug treatment facilities, prisons and jails, etc. These resources share about current efforts in New York to make gender-segregated facilities safer and more accessible for transgender and gender non-conforming people, and provide models and tools for activists and others doing this work elsewhere.
Tips for Communicating with Transgender Clients in Prisoners’ Rights Cases
This is a list of communication tools that we suggest attorneys use as a guide when interacting with transgender clients who are incarcerated.
Safety and Solidarity across gender lines: Rethinking segregation of Transgender people in detention
This is an article written by staff attorney, Gabriel Arkles about the segregation of transgender people in detention
Safe2Pee.org is a searchable database for single occupancy and gender neutral restrooms in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Transitioning our Shelters: A guide to making homeless shelters safe for Transgender People
Safety is a necessity for anyone who must experience the homeless shelter system. This guide was created by The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute and Coalition for the Homeless as a means of ensuring that shelters are safe spaces for trangender and gender non-conforming clients.
