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WE NEED YOUR HELP TO ACHIEVE JUSTICE FOR VICTORIA SCHNEIDER!

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A call to action from Victoria Schneider's attorneys, asking for women to come forward who were arrested but not strip-searched by San Francisco police in order to establish that the police were treating different groups of people differently. 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
f4752h181
Collection
Victoria Schneider Papers
Institution
GLBT Historical Society
Creator(s)
Clarence & Snell Law Firm
Date Created
circa 1997
Dates Covered
Jun. 13, 1996
Genre
Ephemera
Subject(s)
Victoria Schneider
Places
California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
Topic(s)
Intersex people
Law
LGBTQ+ activists
Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people
Protest movements
Transphobia
Resource Type
Text
Language
English
Rights
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