Gender Segregated Facilities
This is an article written by staff attorney, Gabriel Arkles about the segregation of transgender people in detention
This is a list of communication tools that we suggest attorneys use as a guide when interacting with transgender clients who are incarcerated.
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.
Safe2Pee.org is a searchable database for single occupancy and gender neutral restrooms in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
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?
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.
Since 2003, representatives from the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), Queers for Economic Justice, and the Gender Identity Project have been meeting with the New York City Department of Homeless Services to push them to comply with the changes passed to the New York City Human Rights Law in 2002 prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression.
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.
