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Areas of Work: Gender Segregated Facilities

Trans and gender gender non-conforming people face severe access problems when it comes to gender-segregated facilities like bathrooms, locker rooms, shelters, in-patient drug treatment facilities, prisons and jails, etc. These resources share about current efforts in New York to make gender-segregated facilities safer and more accessible for transgender and gender non-conforming people, and provide models and tools for activists and others doing this work elsewhere.

  • It's War In Here
    A Report on the Treatment of Transgender and Intersex People in NYS Men's Prisons SRLP is proud to announce the publication of a new report, It's War In Here: A Report on the Treatment of Transgender and Intersex People in New York State Men's Prisons.

  • Toilet Training

    Toilet Training is a documentary video addressing the persistent discrimination, harassment, and violence that people who transgress gender norms face in gender segregated bathrooms. Using the stories of people who have been harassed, arrested or beaten for trying to use bathrooms, Toilet Training focuses on bathroom access in public space, in schools, and at work.

    A film by Tara Mateik and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project

    Copyright 2003 / Run Time: 30 minutes / Color / Spanish Subtitling Option/ DVD only. Comes with a Companion Guide for Activists and Educators
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  • Uniéndonos para los Días De Fiesta

    Tristemente, muchos de nuestr@s herman@s trangeneros es encuentran en la cárcel, y están viviendo en el olvido, hacen frente a un futuro hostil, incierto y muy solitario tras las rejas.

    Uniéndonos para los Días De Fiesta
    por Stefanie Rivera

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  • Tips for Communicating with Transgender Clients in Prisoners’ Rights Cases
    This is a list of communication tools that we suggest attorneys use as a guide when interacting with transgender clients who are incarcerated.

  • Landmark Fostercare Case: Jean Doe vs. Bell
    Posted on 11/05/07

    In January 2003, SRLP, working with the Peter Cicchino Youth Project of the Urban Justice Center and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, helped achieve a groundbreaking victory for transgender youth in foster care in the Jean Doe v. Bell case. Read more »


  • Safety and Solidarity across gender lines: Rethinking segregation of Transgender people in detention
    This is an article written by staff attorney, Gabriel Arkles about the segregation of transgender people in detention

  • Safe2Pee Bathroom Database
    Safe2Pee.org is a searchable database for single occupancy and gender neutral restrooms in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

  • Transitioning our Shelters: A guide to making homeless shelters safe for Transgender People
    Safety is a necessity for anyone who must experience the homeless shelter system. This guide was created by The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute and Coalition for the Homeless as a means of ensuring that shelters are safe spaces for trangender and gender non-conforming clients.

  • Department of Homeless Services Trans Rights Flyer
    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?

  • Póliza de Departamento de Servicios

    ¿Sabía Usted... que es ilegal el discriminar contra personas transgenero o inconformitistas de género en la ciudad de Nueva York, que esto aplica a refugios para personas desamparadas? Read more »