Woman sues city over strip search

This is a newspaper article about Victoria Schneider suing San Francisco over a strip search after her arrest in June 1996. Schneider is an intersex woman who had medically transitioned, but deputies initially booked her as male and strip-searched her despite her protests. She had given the sheriff's department paperwork after a similar incident in 1993 to prevent this from happening again. The city first claimed they had the right to search her because of a past drug charge, but then changed their story and said the incident never happened and Schneider was lying. A jail medic testified that he listed Schneider as female in his records. The case was going to trial, and Schneider hoped winning would help other women and get the sheriff's department better training on transgender issues. At the time, she was working doing HIV outreach at UCSF. This item comes from the Victoria Schneider papers at the GLBT Historical Society.

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Identifier: 73666496k
Collection: Victoria Schneider Papers
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Creator(s): Laird, Cynthia
Date Issued: circa 1997
Genre: Clippings
Subject(s): Victoria Schneider
Topic(s): Gender-affirming surgery
HIV/AIDS
Intersex people
Law
LGBTQ+ civil rights
LGBTQ+ sex workers
Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people
Police violence toward LGBTQ+ people
Transphobia
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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