Andrea Ritchie of Streetwise and Safe (pronounced SASS!) wrote this amazing op-ed in the Gay City News. To get involved in the campaign, join us tomorrow night for a community forum on patrol guide changes. details here from the Gay City News Unfinished Business: Community Safety Act Needed to End Discriminatory Policing of LGBT New […]
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SRLP On Hate Crime Laws
SRLP opposes the use of hate crimes legislation as a way to protect queer and trans people, as well as people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, and all marginalized people. We believe hate crimes legislation build up systems that cannot protect us and deflect resources from systems that sustain and support our communities, such […]
New York Birth Certificates
Updated March 2017 Since the Sylvia Rivera Law Project opened our doors in 2002, we have been at the forefront of the battle to make birth certificate changes more accessible to transgender people. Since 1971, New York City and State’s rules for a person changing their gender on their birth certificate had been very restrictive, requiring extensive […]
Policy Advocacy
Policy change by government agencies is a critical part of our work. Here are some examples of policies SRLP has worked on: Hate Crimes Legislation Youth in State Custody (Juvenile Detention) HRA (Welfare) Discrimination New York City & State Birth Certificates Transgender Health Care Secure Communities Discrimination in Homeless Shelters NYPD Search Policy Protecting Prison Visits
SRLP Announces Non-Support of The Gender Employment Non-Discrimination Act
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. April 6, 2009 Dear members of the GENDA coalition and all allies […]
Follow-up Letter About Legal Issues (Birth Certificate Policy)
Follow-up letter sent after meeting with the Bureau of Vital Statistics (February 2003) to discuss the need to change NYC’s birth certificate gender change policy. February 25, 2003 Dr. Steven Schwartz, PhD. The City of New York Dept. of Health 125 Worth Street Room 144 New York, NY 10013-4090 Dear Dr. Schwartz: I am writing […]