Hello SRLP Community! In the wake of a devastating & heartbreaking week here in NYC where many people are still without homes, electricity or state support, we feel lucky to say that our offices and organization have once again re-opened. SRLP has been deeply inspired by our community’s on going relief efforts, filling in for […]
SRLP Has No Power, Office Closed
Because of Hurricane Sandy, SRLP has lost power to the office and will be closed until power goes back up. According to the latest reports this will take a few days. Please stay safe and we look forward to seeing everyone when we are back! From Google Translate: Debido a Huracán Sandy, SRLP ha perdido […]
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 […]
SRLP Closed Tuesday and Wednesday / SRLP CERRADO
SRLP will be closed until we get our power back and until the subways start running. Many of us commute from outer boroughs so we will not be able to get in to work until the trains are working. Everyone stay safe and stay tuned! ___________________________________ SRLP se cerrará hasta que consigamos nuestro poder y […]
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
SRLP Office Closed Monday 10/29
Dear SRLPers, the office will be closed Monday the 29th because of Hurricane Sandy. Be safe and stay tuned about Tuesday!
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!
Streetwise & Safe’s Andrea Ritchie Talks about NYPD Discriminatory Policing
Andrea Ritchie of Streetwise and Safe (pronounced SASS!) wrote this amazing op-ed in the Gay City News. To get involved in the campaign, join us tomorrow night for a community forum on patrol guide changes. details here from the Gay City News Unfinished Business: Community Safety Act Needed to End Discriminatory Policing of LGBT New […]
COMMUNITY FORUM ON NYPD PATROL GUIDE CHANGES
Want to know more about recent changes to the NYPD’s policies for interactions with transgender & gender non conforming people? Join us for a community forum on October 25th at 7pm! Find out what these changes mean for our community! What: a history of the community organizing and advocacy that has led to this victory […]
Help Raise the Indiegogo Bar!
Thanks to your support SRLP has raised nearly $3,000 since we launched our indiegogo campaign. Today we are hoping to push beyond the 3,000 dollar mark! We only need 10 people to donate 20 dollars each, please consider being one of those ten. And if you can’t donate, please help spread the word! Click here […]