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The Stroll Is Now Streaming on Max

HBO Original The StrollHBO Original The Stroll 39109709596d4f84b3ca49e413701944 This is the definitive history of New York City’s Meatpacking District, told by the transgender women of color who created its history. The now corporate, flush façade of the neighborhood was plastered over the world of transgender s.e.x. workers who lived, worked, loved, and died there. “The […]

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Stories from Shelter Organizing #DHSIsAMess

In the fall of 2018, SRLP launched our Shelter Organizing Campaign to support the safety of trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people in the New York City shelter system. Low-income TGNC people and TGNC people of color receiving services from the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) and who are in need of re-entry services, housing […]

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SRLP’s Response to the Trump Administration’s Erasure of TGNC People’s Healthcare Needs from Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act

This week, we remembered and mourned the death of Layleen Polanco, an afro latinx trans woman, who died in NYC Department of Corrections custody last June. Nearly a year after her passing, our city announced that it would not hold anyone accountable for the negligence that led to her preventable death in solitary confinement.  As […]

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Announcing SRLP microgrants! Apply by July 8, 2020

SRLP is responding to the urgent needs of our community during this unprecedented moment by establishing a micro-grants committee to address systemic barriers for the survival and self-determination of our community. Community members are invited to click on the links below to apply: Financial Relief for Self-Determination – providing one-time financial assistance (check or paypal) […]

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SRLP & TGNCNBI Task Force call on leaders for mass release from jails & prisons during COVID-19

SRLP joins with 36 organizations and members of NYC’s appointed TGNCNBI Task Force calling on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Manhattan DA Cy Vance, Bronx DA Darrel Clark, Queens DA Melinda Katz and Staten Island DA Michael McMahon to recognize medical, […]

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