Areas of Work: Anti-Discrimination
Over the objections of lawyers for New York City, the opinion of a plaintiff's expert witness who refused to hand over data to the city on the basis of attorney-client privilege may be submitted in a suit brought by a transgender lesbian who claims her civil rights were violated during her arrest at the 2004 Republican National Convention.
In denying the city's request to preclude the testimony of Dean Spade, an assistant professor at Seattle University School of Law and a founder of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a civil rights organization, Southern District Magistrate Judge James Francis IV ruled last week that the information at issue was "plainly protected by the attorney-client privilege" and that the data sought by the city provided only a single basis for Mr. Spade's opinions.
Victoria en la lucha por el acceso a los beneficios publicos para las comunidades Transgero!
Posted on 12/24/09
¡Después de años de presión de la comunidad general para poner fin a la discriminación contra las personas transgénero intentar acceder a los beneficios públicos en Nueva York, estamos encantados de anunciar que la Administración de Recursos Humanos (HRA) ha adoptado nuevos procedimientos para trabajar con l@s transexuales y l@s clientes no conformes al género! Read more »
Victory in fight for access to benefits for trans communities!
Posted on 12/23/09After years of widespread community pressure to end discrimination against transgender people trying to access public benefits in NYC, we are thrilled to announce that the Human Resources Administration (HRA) has adopted new procedures for working with transgender and gender nonconforming clients! To learn more about the procedures, please see our fact sheet. Read more »
Governor Paterson Plans to Extend Nondiscrimination Policies to Transgender State Employees
Posted on 12/15/09The Sylvia Rivera Law Project is pleased that Governor Paterson has decided to make it clear that New York State employees may not be discriminated against on the basis of their gender identity or gender expression. The governor plans to sign an executive order that will explicitly extend the non-discrimination policy to cover transgender people who work for the state. Read more »
In a recent letter sent to the GENDA coalition, SRLP, FIERCE, ALP, The Peter Cicchino Youth Project, and Queers for Economic Justice have jointly expressed our concerns with the problematic hate crimes legislation that has been attached to the Gender Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Read more »
40 years after the Stonewall uprising, the LGBT movement is more visible than ever. But many queer people who do not conform to the image of gender, race and class most pervasive in the media, remain largely invisible-even to the movement. This month, In the Life TV looks at how LGBT people living on the economic margins of our society are organizing themselves to find housing, improve their professional skills, and obtain employment and health care.
Did You Know... • that it’s illegal to discriminate against transgender or gender nonconforming people in New York City? • that this law applies to homeless shelters?
