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Meet Lorena Borjas, SRLP 10 Honoree

By Stephen Ira   Lorena Borjas has years of work trailing behind her like the train of a gown.  Work in Queens, in her neighborhood of Jackson Heights, work with the trans folks she calls her chicas, who follow her into Sylvia Rivera Law Project’s intake sessions on Thursdays. I’m often the youngest person in […]

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Guide For Making Evacuation Shelters Safe for Trans & Gender Non Conforming People

Hurricane Sandy could displace thousands of trans and gender non conforming people on the eastern seaboard.  To create safety for our comunity, The National Center for Transgender Equality put together this invaluable resource designed to make evacuation shelters more accessible.  Please read and pass the information along! http://transequality.org/Resources/MakingSheltersSafe_Aug2011_FINAL.pdf

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SRLP Collective Member Gabriel Arkles Publishes Article in NYU Law Review

SRLP collective member and former staff attorney Gabriel Arkles (center) published Correcting Race and Gender: Prison Regulation of Social Hierarchy Through Dress in this month’s issue of New York University Law Review, where Gabriel is also a law professor.  To read the article, click here Congrats Gabriel! Like What You See? Donate Here!

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