How to get legal help from SRLP
SRLP VICTORY! New York Courts Can't Deny Trans People's Right to Name Changes!
After a year long struggle, New York courts have upheld a transgender woman's right to change her name, reversing an earlier denial of her legal name change related to lack of medical evidence and the possibility of "confusion"
When: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Where: Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation - 26 Wooster St/SOHO, NYC (between Canal and Grand)
SRLP collaborates with an international law firm to help trans and gender non conforming prisoners in need of name changes
August 2008- The Sylvia Rivera Law Project has announced an innovative name change clinic that will serve trans and gender non conforming prisoners in need of acquiring legal name changes. The clinic will the be the first of its kind and will be a joint venture with Orrick,
The Administration for Children's Services changes their policy for transgender youth in foster care
New York - On June 20th, 2008 The Administration for Children's Services (ACS) Commissioner John Mattingly signed a new non-discrimination policy that specifically prohibits ACS staff and contract agencies from discriminating on the basis of gender identity.
Prisoner Pen Pal Project
One great way to work against the awful ways that the criminal punishment system targets people of color, trans and queer people, poor people, women and people with disabilities is to support people who are currently in prison.
