Harvey Milk LGBT Club Schneider letter

A letter from Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club President Criss O. Romero and Vice President of Foreign Affairs Johanna Breyer to Deputy Attorney Hajime Tada regarding the case of Victoria Schneider v. City and County of San Francisco. Romero and Breyer express outrage at the mistreatment of Schneider and demand justice on her behalf. This item comes from the Victoria Schneider papers at the GLBT Historical Society. Schneider is an intersex activist and former sex worker best known for her 1997 lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco, concerning an unlawful strip search during her booking at the San Francisco County Jail.

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Identifier: cf95jb93q
Collection: Victoria Schneider Papers
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Creator(s): Romero, Criss O.
Breyer, Johanna
Date Created: Feb. 17, 1998
Genre: Correspondence
Subject(s): Hajime Tada
Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club
Louise Renne
Strip searching
Victoria Schneider
Places: California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
Topic(s): Civil rights
Intersex people
Law
LGBTQ+ sex workers
Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people
Transphobia
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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