Launched in June 2022, Trans Policing Disparities (TPD) is a grant-funded living project, conceptualized, created, and led exclusively by trans people, that aims to illuminate the systemic oppression and violence disproportionately experienced by the trans community, at the hands of law enforcement institutions and officials.  The act of sharing our lived experiences through storytelling has been recognized as a powerful tool and under a trauma-informed approach, TPD is mobilized around providing a space in which trans individuals can share their narratives, as an outlet of healing from experiences of institutional harm, harassment, violence, and abuse from law enforcement. 

Through community-based participatory collaboration and engagement, participants can further utilize this platform towards Lambda Archives of San Diego’s overall mission of recording, preserving, and disseminating the stories and narratives of historically underrepresented people whilst challenging the systemic institutions responsible for producing and perpetuating such disparities to begin with.  

Interested participants must fulfill the criteria below:
- Identify as trans, gender non-conforming (GNC), non-binary, gender queer, two-spirit (2spirit), intersex, and/or a drag performer.
- Be 18+ years of age. - Reside in San Diego County, Baja California, or Imperial Valley regions.*
- Must have lived experience of navigating publicly as a trans person.
- Have an experience of interacting with law enforcement personnel including  (but not limited to): police, border patrol, ICE, military police, campus police, county sheriffs**  

*Former residents are eligible to participate if experience(s) occurred while residing in SD, IV, BC.
**Applicable only to experiences that occurred within the San Diego County Imperial Valley, and Baja California (Tijuana) regions. 

​If you are interested in participating as a narrator/interviewee or would like to learn more information about Trans Policing Disparities, please write to: [email protected]