“LOVE” BY CHI CHI LOPEZ LOVE IS A WORD USED SO OFTEN, BUT TRUE LOVE REMAINS A MYSTERY UNTIL I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU. SO WALK WITH ME IN LOVE, TALK WITH ME ABOUT WHAT YOU CANNOT SAY TO OTHERS, LAUGH WITH ME EVEN WHEN YOU FELL SILLY, CRY WITH ME WHEN YOU’RE MOST UPSET,
I am writing this brief letter to all of the LGBT community and all of the transgender people. I am Jessica Ann Samantha aka John Chilson and I am incarcerated in a New York State male correctional facility and I have been since March 30, 1999. When I first came into the prisons I tried to get onto hormone treatment but I was told that I would not receive any treatment because I was not diagnosed with Gender ("S. Tor-o') J. Tocma Identity DisorderS{eplte" before entering 0n: 07Bt7g3 Fire Poir,fs prison. But then after a C.F. recent 6Hl|U New York district court case Brooks v. Berg 270 F. supp 2d 302 they have me evaluated on 10-2-12 then on my 51st birthday which was 12-06-12 I started taking Estradiol then also on 12-27-12 I was issued 2 sport
bras. Now I am fighting to have the following done: liposuction, electrolysis, facial reconstructive surgery to create a more feminine appearance, genital reconstructive surgery to create a clitoris, labia, vagina, voice training. So never give up on who you are, just keep writing. Smile and stay strong and keep being you. By Jessica Ann Samantha S. Torma
PAC MEMBER // SUBMISSIONS
HAVE FUN WITH ME IN EVERYTHING WE DO,
PLAN WITH ME ALL YOUR DREAMS,
WORK WITH ME TOWARD SHARE WITH ME ALL THE BEAUTIFUL COMMON GOALS, THINGS IN LIFE, DANCE WITH ME TO THE RHYTHM OF OUR LOVE CREATE WITH ME DREAMS TO FOLLOW, WALK WITH ME THROUGHOUT LIFE,!
LET US HUG EACH OTHER AT EVERY STEP IN OUR JOURNEY FOREVER IN LOVE. “I LOVE YOU!”
Reflection by Dana Gibson aka GEE
As self-change starts from within, we reflect on our past experience and actions of hurt, pain, disappointment, emotional, physical and mental abuse, intoxification and self-destruction as a road map of our past in our quest for a future filled with self-worth, self-pride, self-respect, selfappreciation, understanding, emotional, physical, spiritual stability and sobriety. While I doubt of such quest will always loom within the subconscious mind based upon the pain of the past. It’s your strong will from within that will serve as the guiding light to guide you to truly understand and appreciate the path of self-change to become who you are by learning who you are.
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by Raphael Valle lll