Lateefah Simon Letter

A letter from Lateefah Simon, the executive director of the Center for Young Women's Development, to San Francisco's Deputy City Attorney about the rage and disgust she feels about the events that occurred as well as the inability of the state to act about it. 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: hm50ts21x
Collection: Victoria Schneider Papers
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Creator(s): Simon, Lateefah
Date Created: Feb. 23, 1998
Genre: Correspondence
Subject(s): Hajime Tada
The Center for Young Women's Development
Victoria Schneider
Places: California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
Topic(s): Intersex community
Intersex people
Law
Letters
LGBTQ+ sex workers
Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people
Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people
Transphobia
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
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