Thanks to Syd London for these wonderful photographs and to NGLTF and GLAAD for co-sponsoring the event ! Miss Major Jay Toole Building Dedication Click here to see the many wonderful photos of the event. The Miss Major Jay Toole Building for Social & Economic Justice Housing: The Audre Lorde Project, FIERCE, Queers for Economic […]
Beck Witt’s speech honoring Miss Major during the MMJT Naming Ceremony
“I’m honored to be able to speak to you all tonight at this building dedication for Miss Major and jay Toole. It’s been a tremendous privilege having Major at the center of my life for the past 8 years, first as her partner and later as her political comrade and best friend. Last year was […]
Dean Spade in Buzzfeed: What’s wrong with the campaign for transgender inclusion in the military?
Buzzfeed’s Chris Geidner talks to Dean Spade about the campaign for transgender inclusion in the military: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/meet-the-trans-scholar-fighting-against-the-campaign-for-out
OITNB’s Laverne Cox mentions SRLP in new interview in The Nation
Star of Orange Is The New Black Laverne Cox mentioned SRLP’s work on trans incareceration during her recent interview with The Nation. What some nonprofits that you support in terms of the transgender community? I’ve been lucky to be affiliated with a few organizations over the years. I’ve worked with the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund—they […]
Reina Gossett pays tribute to Jay Toole at Miss Major-Jay Toole Building naming
The building housing the Sylvia Rivera Law Project at 147 W. 24th Street, which houses five of the city’s longest standing LGBTQ people of color and low income people-led organizations including the Audre Lorde Project, FIERCE, Queers for Economic Justice, Streetwise and Safe in addition to SRLP, was officially named the Miss Major-Jay Toole Building for Social Justice in […]
Right Now: Alisha Williams, SRLP Prisoner Justice Director On Huffpost Live!
Tune in this morning at 10:51 here to hear SRLP’s own Prisoner Justice Director Alisha Williams on Huffpost Live talk about the realities for trans and gender non conforming people in prison, jail and detention centers. Also check out SRLP’s piece on Chelsea Manning and trans & gender non conforming people navigating healthcare while incarcerated […]
Chelsea Manning and the realities for transgender and gender non-conforming people in prison, jails and detention centers.
Chelsea Manning and the realities for transgender and gender non-conforming people in prison, jails and detention centers. The Sylvia Rivera Law Project has been working tirelessly for the past ten years to support transgender people who are incarcerated and experience various forms of state violence and as an organization that supports racial and economic justice we […]
Drop-In Closed This Week: No Legal Services on August 22!
Drop-in will be closed on August 22, 2013. No attorneys will be available that day. Please come the following week if you need legal help, or call 212 337 8550, ext 308. Drop-in se cerrará el 22 de agosto de 2013. No hay abogados estarán disponibles ese día. Por favor venga a la […]
Impossibility Now, a video and slideshow by Dean Spade via BCRW
“Impossibility Now” is a trans* politics manifesto by Dean Spade. This video was created for the February 2013 conference “Gender Talents: A Special Address,” which asked invited speakers to perform a manifesto. The video takes themes from Dean’s book, Normal Life, and illustrates them with images. See more at: http://sfonline.barnard.edu/gender-justice-and-neoliberal-transformations/impossibility-now/#sthash.wjm6Pu0h.dpuf via S&F Online, published by […]
LGBTQ Organizations Urge NYC Council to Override Mayor Bloomberg’s Opposition to Ban Discriminatory NYPD Profiling
From Streetwise & Safe and the New York City Anti-Violence Project, for more info check out the Streetwise & Safe post here! — Dear New York City Council, We commend the New York City Council for leading the way toward putting an end to discriminatory policing of all of our communities by passing a comprehensive […]