Janetta Johnson

Janetta Johnson
Born1964 or 1965 (age 59–60)[1]
Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationHonorary Ph.D[citation needed]
Occupation(s)Transgender and human rights activist
Years active1997–present
OrganizationTGI Justice Project

Janetta Louise Johnson (born 1964/1965) is an American transgender rights activist, human rights activist, prison abolitionist, and transgender woman.[2][1][3][4][5][6][7] She is the Executive Director of the TGI Justice Project.[1][3][4][5][8][9][10] She co-founded the non-profit TAJA's Coalition in 2015.[11] Along with Honey Mahogany and Aria Sa'id, Johnson is a co-founder of The Transgender District, established in 2017.[1][3][8][9][12] Johnson's work is primarily concerned about the rights and safety of incarcerated and formerly-incarcerated transgender and gender-non-conforming people.[6][7][13][14] She believes that the abolition of police and the prison industrial complex will help support the safety of transgender people, and she identifies as an abolitionist.[15][6][16]

  1. ^ a b c d Raquel Willis (February 18, 2019). "Black Trans Women Created the World's First Trans Cultural District". Out. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "Sampson McCormick and Janetta Johnson on The Michelle Meow Show 2/22/18". Commonwealth Club of California. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Madison, Alex (October 7, 2018). "The nation's first trans cultural district is starting to turn ideas into reality". LGBTQ Nation. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Puglise, Nicole (November 6, 2016). "LGBT prisoners' art exhibit offers voice to the incarcerated – and 'call to action'". The Guardian. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Chitnis, Rucha (March 8, 2017). "Why Defending Human Rights Is Women's Work". Yes!. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "The Radical Perseverance of Janetta Louise Johnson". Black Women Radicals. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  7. ^ a b "Janetta Johnson Press". TGI Justice. Retrieved 2021-12-11.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ a b Kane, Peter Lawrence (June 21, 2017). "Green-Light District". SF Weekly. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  9. ^ a b Levin, Sam (June 21, 2019). "Compton's Cafeteria riot: a historic act of trans resistance, three years before Stonewall". The Guardian. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  10. ^ "TGI Justice". TGI Justice. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  11. ^ "TAJA's Coalition - Trans* Activists for Justice and Accountability". TAJA's Coalition. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  12. ^ Tence, Victor (February 5, 2019). "New cultural district director hopes to create employment opportunities for transgender residents". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  13. ^ Johnson, Janetta (19 May 2016). "Perspectives in Belonging: Janetta Johnson". Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ "'Things are hard and scary' right now for Black trans women: Q&A with Janetta Johnson". Daily Kos. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  16. ^ "CCJFG Movement Partner Spotlight: Transgender Gender-Variant, Intersex Justice Project". Northern California Grantmakers. 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2021-12-12.