Hey y'all. I'm currently recovering from bottom surgery, and I'm lucky enough to do it safely in my apartment with support from my wife and friends.
Right now a trans woman named Gia Abigaill Valentina is recovering from vaginoplasty while being held in isolation in New Jersey State Prison (NJSP), a men's prison in the United States.
The Trans Feminist Revolutionary Liberation Front (TFRLF) last heard from Valentina in a phone call on January 20th. She said that she'd been bleeding through her dressings and denied access to clean gauze and medical care. Valentina has endured horrific transmisogyny in NJSP for years and founded TFRLF as a transfeminist prison abolitionist organization dedicated to freeing transfeminine prisoners.
TFRLF's demand is for Gia to be transferred to Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women immediately and given full access to appropriate medical care.
Check below the cut for details on how to support <3
Call Script:
"Hello, I'm calling on behalf of my friend Gia Abigaill Valentina, SBI #987301A. Gia recently received vaginoplasty surgery and is still being held in an all male facility. Gia reports that she is being denied proper access to medical care and supplies, including clean gauze. She needs to be transferred out of NJSP to Edna Mahan immediately and given full access to appropriate medical care."
Where to call:
NJSP
(609) 292-9700
New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC)
Victoria L Kuhn, Commission of NJDOC: (609) 292-4036
Helena Tomé, Assistant Commission of NJDOC: (609) 826-5615
Write to Gia:
Isolation is so brutal for trans women, but for incarcerated trans women it's on another level. If any transfeminists following have the heart to, I'm sure Gia would really appreciate receiving letters of support.
If you write to her, here's how you address the envelope:
Gia Abigaill Valentina SBI #987301-A
New Jersey State Prison - 1400
PO Box 96777
Las Vegas, NV 89193
United States
Here's a couple pages with tips about writing to incarcerated people if you've never done it before:
"How to Write a Letter to an Incarcerated Person"
"Guide to writing letters to incarcerated survivors"
