Nonprofit Helps Imprisoned and Recently Incarcerated LGBTQ People
Beyond These Walls, an LGBTQ-owned and run nonprofit, provides imprisoned LGBTQ people with penpal services, legal aid, financial support and help finding housing when out of prison.
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Beyond These Walls, an LGBTQ-owned and run nonprofit, provides imprisoned LGBTQ people with penpal services, legal aid, financial support and help finding housing when out of prison Jaclyn Diaz reports for NPR. What started as Biff Chaplow from the National LGBTQ Task Force responding to letters from transgender inmates has transformed into a vital resource for the LGBTQ community in the Pacific Northwest. Trans people and other LGBT people have historically lacked support in prison.
“The project just grew. As we heard from people and got to know them, we learned more and more about what their needs were,” Chaplow said. Read the rest of the profile here, part of a series NPR is running on the experiences of transgender inmates across the United States.
