Strip search for gender check

An article from the San Francisco Examiner about the arrest and court case of intersex sex worker Victoria Schneider. The article contains short quotes from interviews with Schneider herself, her attorney Karen Snell, as well as legal experts and civil rights activists. Schneider states that she does not consider herself transsexual. This item comes from the Victoria Schneider papers at the GLBT Historical Society. Schneider is an 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: v692t6766
Collection: Victoria Schneider Papers
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Creator(s): Goldberg, Leslie
Contributor(s): Gladstone, Penni
Publisher: San Francisco Examiner
Date Issued: Feb. 17, 1997
Genre: Clippings
Subject(s): Victoria Schneider
Places: California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
Topic(s): Intersex activism
Intersex people
Intersex victims' rights
LGBTQ+ sex workers
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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