The news is abuzz about changes regarding young people in solitary at Rikers and other New York City jails. SRLP is excited to share this insightful article by Victoria Law (author of “Resistance Behind Bars” and “Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind”) highlighting the work of our friends and comrades at the NYC Jails Action Coalition […]
SRLP membership meeting Tuesday 1/13, plus a new NYC municipal ID resource!
By Sasha Alexander, SRLP Director of Membership on January 12, 2015 in Events, Get Involved, Identification, News, Policy Advocacy, Publications and Resources
Tomorrow, January 13, from 6-8 PM, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project is holding our first membership meeting of the new year, and we want to see you! We have exciting changes to share and successes to celebrate, including the launching of our new series “Everyday Abolition,” updates about our trans healthcare and Medicaid campaigng, and […]
New SRLP Resource on Trans People and Municipal ID (IDNYC) in New York City
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on January 12, 2015 in Legal, News, Publications and Resources, Survival and Self Determination Project
In 2014 it was announced that New York City would begin to offer IDNYC, a Municipal ID card, thanks to the collaborative work of SRLP, Make the Road, NYLAG, and the Urban Justice Center, among many other community-based organizations. Below are some questions and answers about the IDNYC Municipal ID program. Check out SRLP’s new IDNYC […]
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 […]
Medicaid programs will now cover transgender healthcare following SRLP’s twelve-year campaign
Yesterday, Governor Cuomo and the New York State Department of Health announced that our Medicaid programs will now cover transgender healthcare. This is a momentous victory for SRLP community members and all transgender New Yorkers. The proposed regulation will allow transgender people to access hormones and surgeries under Medicaid. Introduced on December 17th, the regulation […]
SRLP is hiring: Director of Survival and Self-Determination Project/Staff Attorney
SRLP is hiring a staff attorney to be the Director of the Survival and Self-Determination Project. Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis. Please see our jobs page for more information on jobs and internships at SRLP. Director of Survival & Self-Determination Project, Staff Attorney The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) is hiring a […]
“INCARCERATED PEOPLE CAN’T BREATHE”
We need you. The criminalization and violence against low-income/trans/communities of color like the murders of Eric Garner, Akai Gurley, Mike Brown, and Gizzy Fowler are felt by our communities on the inside. The brutality of state and police harassment is directly connected to the prison industrial complex and its expansion. Please READ and SIGN Jails Action Coalition’s […]
BREAKING: New York State Ends Trans Exclusion in Private Health Insurance
Today, New York Governor Cuomo announced that private insurance plans are no longer allowed to deny healthcare to transgender people. New York is now the ninth state to make this change. This incredible change will have a huge impact on all New Yorkers. SRLP is honored to be a part of this amazing work, as […]
SRLP Celebrates Community-Led Orgs on Our NYC Birth Certificate Victory
After more than 10 years of advocacy from community-led organizations, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has finally removed the requirement of surgery for changing the gender marker on a birth certificate. This is a huge victory. Since we opened our doors in 2002, SRLP has worked to remove this requirement. […]