Please check out this new & beautiful footage filmed by Jonah Groeneboer and recorded by the artist MPA of last fall’s SRLP gender self determination teach in at Occupy Wall Street!
SRLP Staff Attorney Chase Strangio Leaving Direct Services Team
After two years of tireless work in the Prisoner Justice Project and growing SRLP’s disability justice work, staff attorney and Equal Justice Works fellow, Chase Strangio, will be leaving SRLP on September 28, 2012. Chase and Chase’s partner -and long time SRLP collective member- Nadia Qurashi (pictured) recently had a baby, Simrah Elijah Strangio Qurashi. […]
Victory: Name Change Court Decision in Matter of Guido
On October 24th, 2003, SRLP received a favorable decision in Matter of Guido, a case where we were fighting for a transgender woman to be allowed to change her name Download: Read The Court Decision 16.52 KB Read The Brief We Filed In This Case 41.34 KB
Full House for First Membership Orientation!
Thanks to everyone who came out for our first membership meeting last Thursday! It was a full house! If you couldn’t make it, come get one of these lovely buttons made by Jennifer Paterson at the next membership orientation on January 18th and in the meantime get involved with SRLP10 to get more information […]
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project has a new way to become involved: Membership!
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project has a new way to become involved: Membership! Who can be a member? Anyone who agrees with the mission of SRLP can be a member! SRLP continues to prioritize the involvement of trans, gender non-conforming, intersex people who are low income and/or people of color. What do members do? Attend […]
Meet the Honorees of SRLP’s 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Meet the Honorees of SRLP’s 10th Anniversary Celebration! Janet Mock Janet is a writer and advocate, who publicly shared her teenage transition story in Marie Claire and a video testimony for the It Gets Better project in 2011. A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Janet speaks out about the portrayal, struggles and triumphs of transgender women, […]
Sponsor SRLP 10!
SRLP’s 10th Anniversary Celebration is an exciting event where SRLP can celebrate our history, honor community advocates whose efforts increase the political leadership of low-income and people of color who are trans, gender nonconforming or intersex, as well as bring members of the LGBT communities, including activists, attorneys, advocates from other LGBT and civil rights […]
SRLP 10 Year Anniversary Facebook invite!
Invite friends to SRLP 10 on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/350004465083427/
Sylvia Rivera Law Project Looking For Fundraising Volunteers
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination or violence. We are looking for a few folks to help with a short-term fundraising project beginning in September. Time commitment: 2 to 3 hours per week from […]
Prisoner Pen Pal Postcard Project Party!
Where: SRLP 147 W 24th Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10011 Be sure to mark your calendar for this upcoming (iced) Coffee Talk event! Coffee Talk is a FREE ongoing discussion series that centers the lives and experiences of low income trans, intersex, gender non conforming people as well as trans, intersex and gender […]