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The purpose of this information sheet is to provide some context to better understand the experiences of trans, gender non-conforming and non-binary people in prison.

The purpose of this info sheet is to answer common questions and provide factual information about the situation of trans and non-binary people in prison in the UK.

The purpose of this information sheet is to outline things you can do to support trans people in prison.

This toolkit has been produced by Prisoners's Advice Service (PAS) and is aimed at those prisoners who self-identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual, as well as those who may identify in similar ways or are questioning their sexual identity. It may also be useful to those who do not self-identify as LGB but engage in same-sex sexual activity. There is a separate toolkit to assist transgender prisoners.

This toolkit is has been produced by Prisoners’ Advice Service (PAS) and is aimed at those prisoners who identify as transgender. We use the term transgender throughout this guide to mean a person who does not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth.