Angel Gomez has been incarcerated since 1981 and filtered through the system for years before that. But thankfully she will be releasing this June!

Angel was born in 1944 and has had to be a fighter and a survivor from the get go. Taken to an orphanage and separated from her sibling as a child, she was moved through the foster care system as well as the juvenile system all throughout her adolescence. Angel found herself fighting homelessness and a sheer lack of assistance and resources available to her while also navigating being a young transgender woman in the 60s and 70s. Angel often had to lie to gain employment or lie about who her guardians were to receive hormone therapy. She was eventually incarcerated in 1981 and has been in state prisons ever since. While incarcerated Angel has been able to become secure in her identity as well as reconnect with the Sioux-Apache roots of her birth parents.

The world Angel is releasing into next month is alarmingly and totally different from the world she left before her incarceration. As an elderly indigenous trans woman with disabilities such as hearing loss and limited mobility, with no family in the state, Angel will need all the help from her community that she can get to rebuild her life and get back on her feet. All funds donated to Angel will go towards purchasing her basic necessities such as food, home goods, IDs and documents, all fees associated with completely restarting her life, and mobility aids if needed. Angel deeply appreciates any support and interest in her story.

Angel Gomez

By Beyond These Walls

Angel Gomez

Help Our 78-Year-Old Indigenous Trans Sister Rebuild Her Life

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