Recently, the federal Office of Personnel Management (“OMP”) released a guidance change that, once again, attacks the rights of transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex (“TGNCI”) individuals. This policy change eliminates protections, formulated under the Obama administration, that explicitly prohibit federal employers from discriminating on the basis of gender identity and expression in the workplace. In […]
SRLP Testimonies on NYS and NYC healthcare: TGNC People in Prisons and Jails Should Not Be Left out of the Healthcare Conversation
Since the memo from federal Health and Human Services was leaked last month to the New York Times the issues affecting healthcare for transgender and gender non-conforming people (TGNC people) have been constantly featured in media outlets. What has consistently not been covered, however, are the many ways in which healthcare fails to adequately cover our TGNCI […]
Action Alert 10/31 Haunt DHS for Halloween
Action: SRLP’s Shelter Organizing Team is calling on our communities to help us participate in a direct action on Halloween to let DHS know that TGNC people are unsafe and continue to experience violence in the shelter system. We will not let them forget about it. When: Halloween Day, 10/31 from noon onward throughout the […]
The Trump Memo – What You Need to Know
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy (@immissmajor): Heard about the latest attack on our community. Remember: we’re stronger together. Don’t run and hide. We have to be more visible and unified than ever! For more information please attend our Know Your Rights and Organizing Session on Friday, November 2nd from 5:30-7:30pm at SRLP. What happened? On Sunday, the New […]
In Solidarity Fall 2018
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Voices from the THU: Brooke’s Essay on the Brooklyn Detention Center
SRLP is honored to share the following essay written by Brooke during our recent class at the Transgender Housing Unit of the NYC jails. This is a unit within the Rose M. Singer Women’s Jail which specifically houses transgender women. As it was SRLP’s first class since the THU moved from a men’s jail to […]
Egypt Rochelle Dior Joins SRLP as Movement Building Team Intern
SRLP welcomes Egypt Rochelle Dior, our new Movement Building Team intern. Egypt Rochelle Dior was born on September 6, 1982. As a product of Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, her survival skills were inevitable…as an ex-gang member and a Transwoman of color, her survival are constantly tested. Egypt is a member and current intern at the Sylvia […]
Last Walk-in Legal Intake for 2018: November 1st ¡La última clínica legal de 2018: 1 de noviembre!
Dear all, SRLP has free legal intake every Thursday from 1:30 – 4:30 pm for a variety of legal issues for the transgender, gender non-conforming and intersex community who are low-income and/or people of color. Please be advised, the last day of legal intake for the year will be November 1, 2018. There will be […]
NYC City Council Passes Changes to NYC Birth Certificate Regulation
This summer, New York City has joined the growing number of states and cities that are creating a third gender marker for individuals who do not identify as either male or female. The proposed law, which passed the subcommittee on September 9, 2018, would create a third non-binary gender marker—an “X”—for New York City birth […]
SRLP PAC Member Isabella Adler Shares Her Tips For Surviving In Prison as a Trans Woman
For the past two years, Prisoner Advisory Committee member Isabella Adler has been sharing her tips on surviving in prison as a trans woman with SRLP. With the help of Maya Martin-Udry and Nadja Eisenberg-Guyot SRLP was able to combine her tips into a brochure that can be shared anywhere. SRLP shares this guide as […]