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  • Historic Victory: Welfare Procedure Approved to Address Discrimination Against Trans & Gender Non Conforming People, Bringing NYC Closer to Being Inclusive for All New Yorkers
    February 17, 2010, NEW YORK CITY -

    TransJustice of the Audre Lorde Project, Housing Works, Queers for Economic Justice, and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project will announce a victory for their Welfare Justice Campaign at a press conference on February 10, 2010 at 10AM at the Housing Works Bookstore, 126 Crosby Street (between Prince St.


  • Fifth Annual “Small Works for Big Change” Benefit for the Sylvia Rivera Law Project to Auction Works by Artists Nicole Eisenman, Tony Feher, K8 Hardy, Matt Keegan, Emily Roysdon, Amy Sillman and Others
    January 12, 2010, NEW YORK -
    Also Featuring Live Performance by Dynasty Handbag;
    Films by Chitra Ganesh and Rashaad Newsome


  • SRLP VICTORY! New York Courts Can't Deny Trans People's Right to Name Changes!
    December 2, 2008 -
    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"

     


  • Transgender activists and allies to hold press conference in response to brutal police attack at SRLP Fundraiser
    September 28, 2007, New York -

    On Wednesday, September 26, 2007, officers from the New York Police Department's 9th precinct made an unprovoked attack, employing excessive use of force against members of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and other community members.


  • Police Brutality Strikes Fifth Anniversary of Sylvia Rivera Law Project
    September 27, 2007, New York -

    On the night of Wednesday, September 26, officers from the 9th Precinct of the New York Police Department attacked without provocation members of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and of its community. Two of our community members were violently arrested, and others were pepper sprayed in the face without warning or cause.