Naomi Akers letter

A letter from PROMISE Client Advocate Naomi Akers to Deputy Attorney Hajime Tada regarding the case of Victoria Schneider v. City and County of San Francisco. Akers states that Schneider's constitutional rights have been violated by city sheriffs, holds the city of San Francisco responsible for this offense, and encourages the case to be resolved in a just and timely manner. 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: db78tc46z
Collection: Victoria Schneider Papers
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Creator(s): Akers, Naomi
Date Created: Feb. 11, 1988
Genre: Correspondence
Subject(s): Hajime Tada
PROMISE for women escaping prostitution (PROMISE)
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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