LGBTQ+ - Centered Legal Serivices

Join co-host Teigh McGee and guests Beau RaRa, Damion Mendez, and Diana Current as they share their experiences with gender’s impact in law enforcement and the prison system, how corrections “handles” gender and mental health, barriers and discrimination faced when trying to seek assistance and legal gender affirmation, and a discussion on what queer justice looks like in an ideal world.

Audio Produced by Sophie Warrick, and co-hosted by K McClendon, Teigh McGee, and Sam Koltes. Podcast Art designed by Mercy Garriga (@MercyFullRes). Full episode transcripts available at www.envisioningqueerjustice.org 

Fiscally sponsored by Hamline University Center for Justice & Law, and PeaceFirst. All opinions expressed on this podcast do not reflect the views of our sponsors. 

Organizations to Check Out:

Please support Indigenous-led organizations, some located in the northern midwest (where most of our team is based), including Honor the Earth, the NDN Collective, and the Black Hills Bail and Legal Defense Fund. Check out native-land.ca as a tool to begin understanding the land you reside on, and understand your responsibilities to Indigenous people. 

In addition, please check out the following organizations and resources named by co-host Teigh McGee, and our guests Beau RaRa, Damion Mendez, and Diana Current:

• Black Disability Collective (@BlackDisability) / Twitter https://twitter.com/blackdisability
• Women for Political Change https://www.womenforpoliticalchange.org/
• teigh mcgee (@astoldbyteighlor) • Instagram https://www.instagram.com/astoldbyteighlor/
• Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States (Queer Ideas/Queer Action #5) | IndieBound.org https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780807051160
• Poet Alok Vaid-Menon: 'I Am Part Of Something Greater Than Myself' | HuffPost https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alok-vaid-menon_n_5b27dae4e4b0783ae12bd140
• Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds | IndieBound.org https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781849352604
• "Our armies are rising and we are getting stronger." | Sylvia Rivera 2001 http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/riverarisingandstronger.html
• Legal aid for people with low income, disabilities, and seniors - Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid https://mylegalaid.org/