National Gay Prisoners Coalition
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National Gay Prisoners Coalition
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The National Gay Prisoners Coalition was founded in the early 1970s by Charles C. Wheeler, an inmate at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington during this time. Wheeler formed the coalition after realizing that, unlike other minority groups, LGBT+ people did not have a major organization in U.S. prisons to protect their interests and safety within the prison walls. Thus, Wheeler decided to form what he believed was the first LGBT+ prisoner rights organizations in Washington. Wh
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gay_Prisoners_Coalition
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2023-03-24T18:28:51Z
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