On December 19th, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Bureau of Vital Statistics held a public meeting of the NYC Gender Marker Change Advisory Board, where SRLP testified that the Board should permit fee waivers, gender self-attestation, and non-binary designations on birth certificates issued by New York City.…
It’s hard to believe 2016 is almost coming to an end. This year has been filled with many transitions and changes. As a collective, we continue to move and rise in solidarity with our community behind the wall, on the front lines, and all trans, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGNCI) folks…
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On Trans Day of Remembrance, Vice profiles several community members (including a former SRLP client) on the factors that place TGNCI people at risk and lead to disproportionate homelessness in our communities. Read more about this here.
Following the defacing of Adam Yauch Park, SRLP gets a shout-out from Ad-Rock during an anti-hate rally. Read more about it here.
Last week, the Board of Correction, the body that oversees the Department of Correction and ensures compliance with the minimum standards, unanimously voted in new rules to govern and prevent instances of sexual violence in the NYC jails. This rule goes beyond the federal rules for the Prison Rape Elimination…
SRLP Member Marcie speaks to the Village Voice on her powerful journey to return to the former Bayview Correctional Facility, where she was previously incarcerated, and assist in the project to transform the space into a safe, welcoming community center for all women. Read more about this here.
SRLP announces our 2017 Prisoner Advisory Committee (PAC) Calendar! Pre-order yours today and get one for a friend while you’re at it! Click here to order yours today! SRLP’s calendar is one of the important outcomes of our Prisoner Justice Project work, envisioned and produced in collaboration with incarcerated trans…
As we let you know earlier this month, transgender New Yorkers who use Medicaid received tremendous life-affirming news in the last ruling in the Cruz v. Zucker case. This is a case that SRLP and our allies at the Legal Aid Society and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLC brought to…
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