Yesterday, the NYC Commission on Human Rights announced their commitment to strengthen protections for trans and gender non-conforming people under the NYC Human Rights Law through the release of clearer guidelines. As mentioned in the press release below “…discrimination based on gender identity and expression has been illegal under the City’s law since 2002, previous […]
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Act before midnight: 15 reasons to give to SRLP before 2015
It’s been a monumental year for the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, and we want to take a moment to honor 15 major milestones as we head into 2015. If you haven’t already, please consider making a year-end tax deductible gift of $15 or another amount before midnight tonight! Your support made it possible for SRLP […]
6 more days to support our collective power
The events of 2014 clarified, in ways that no words could, how vital the need is for sustained and collective radical organizing. Maybe we marched together at a protest demanding trans-inclusive and affordable healthcare, maybe we saw each other at Small Works for Big Change, or we stuffed envelopes together at the SRLP office, or […]
How your donation to SRLP will continue our struggle for trans healthcare
Thank you for all the ways you keep our work strong against tremendous odds. In the last year, you have learned with us, strategized with us, marched with us, volunteered your time, made generous donations, and in countless other ways strengthened our work to end the trans-exclusionary Medicaid healthcare regulation. And we won. As 2014 comes […]
Campaigns and Series
Join the Movement of #NoNewJailsNYC NoNewJailsNYC builds on the idea that we must resist the concept of a “humane jail” or anything that makes people feel that it is acceptable to place people in cages. NoNewJailsNYC is a multiracial, intergenerational coalition of community members and activists fighting the mayor’s racist jail construction plan in NYC. […]
From someone currently incarcerated in the prison system: The Prison Rape Elimination Act is not working as it should.
Warning: The following letter includes topics of sexual mistreatment or abuse. If you may be triggered by these topics, proceed with caution. In her last letter, Lennea shared with us an incident of sexual harassment and her attempts at seeking basic protective measures, and the resulting injustice she received at the hands of the prison […]
SRLP’s Pooja Gehi on the Criminal-Immigration System on Out-FM
The rapidly expanding collaboration between police and immigration authorities has a devastating impact on low-income queer and transgender immigrant communities. Federal programs such as “Secure Communities” (S-Comm) and the Criminal Alien Program, which effectively bring immigration authorities into every precinct and jail, have greatly increased the risk of deportation. Because of profiling, criminalization and stereotyping, […]
LGBTQ Organizations Urge NYC Council to Override Mayor Bloomberg’s Opposition to Ban Discriminatory NYPD Profiling
From Streetwise & Safe and the New York City Anti-Violence Project, for more info check out the Streetwise & Safe post here! — Dear New York City Council, We commend the New York City Council for leading the way toward putting an end to discriminatory policing of all of our communities by passing a comprehensive […]
Join SRLP at the 9th Annual Trans Day of Action!
Bring your best cheers, jazz hands, chants or spirit as we take it to the streets, together! For those of you nearby, please join us for this year’s 9th Annual Trans Day of Action, hosted by the Audre Lorde Project’s TransJustice! We’ll be meeting here at SRLP this Friday, June 28th at 12 noon to […]
NYC Secure Communities Bill Fails Transgender Immigrant Communities
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on December 13, 2012 in Action Alert, News, Press Release, SRLP In The Media
CONTACTS: Pooja Gehi: (202) 491-7665 Tiloma Jayasinghe: (917) 669-0696 NYC Secure Communities Bill Fails Transgender Immigrant Communities *December 13, 2012 New York, NY* – A coalition of anti-violence advocates who work with immigrant survivors of family and intimate partner violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, and survivors of homophobic and transphobic violence in New York welcomed […]