UNRAVELING INJUSTICE: RACE AND CLASS IMPACT OF MEDICAID EXCLUSIONS OF TRANSITION-RELATED HEALTH CARE FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE BY POOJA S. GEHI, GABRIEL ARKLES. SEXUALITY RESEARCH & SOCIAL POLICY. (DEC 07: 4,4) In this article, the authors analyze the contradiction between the medicalization of trans experience(s) and government’s refusal to recognize the legitimacy and necessity of trans […]
GETTING IT RIGHT FROM THE START: BUILDING A GRASSROOTS FUNDRAISING PROGRAM
GETTING IT RIGHT FROM THE START: BUILDING A GRASSROOTS FUNDRAISING PROGRAM BY DEAN SPADE, JANUARY/ FEBRUARY 2005 • GRASSROOTS FUNDRAISING JOURNAL “When we heard that only about 11 percent of the money the private sector gives to nonprofits comes from foundations, while close to 80 percent comes from individuals, and specifically from families with incomes of […]
THE NONPROFIT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND TRANS RESISTANCE
THE NONPROFIT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND TRANS RESISTANCE BY RICKKE MANANZALA, DEAN SPADE. SEXUALITY RESEARCH & SOCIAL POLICY (MARCH 08:5,1) Taking tools and lessons from antiracist and feminist scholars and activists and recognizing widespread critique of the co-optation of the lesbian and gay rights movement by neoliberalism, this article highlights alternatives to traditional nonprofit structures. The […]
SAFE2PEE BATHROOM DATABASE
http://safe2pee.org Safe2Pee.org is a searchable database for single occupancy and gender neutral restrooms in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
SAFETY AND SOLIDARITY ACROSS GENDER LINES: RETHINKING SEGREGATION OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN DETENTION
SAFETY AND SOLIDARITY ACROSS GENDER LINES: RETHINKING SEGREGATION OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN DETENTION This is an article written by staff attorney, Gabriel Arkles about the segregation of transgender people in detention segregation_Arkles
In Solidarity
In Solidarity In Solidarity is a collaborative newsletter created by members of SRLP’s Prisoner Advisory Committee, who are involuntarily locked away, SRLP staff & volunteers. Together our words & collective efforts work against injustice for low-income and/or people of color who are trans, intersex & gender non-conforming both inside and out of the prison industrial […]
DROP-IN CLOSED THURSDAY AUGUST 9TH, 2012
SRLP will be closed on Thursday August 9th and there will be NO DROP-INS. The city will be shutting off our water that day to make some repairs or adjustments, so we will be CLOSED! See you next week!
Know Your Rights: Protect Yourself at Work
Transgender Employees in New York Discrimination against transgender people in employment is still widespread, making it harder for us to keep jobs and have enough money to live. Laws now protect people from this kind of discrimination in New York. The details of the laws are here. Some examples of acts that can be discrimination […]
A Place of Respect: A Guide for Group Care Facilities Serving Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth
Author: Jody Marksamer National Center for Lesbian Rights Contributing Writers: Dean Spade Sylvia Rivera Law Project Gabriel Arkles Sylvia Rivera Law Project http://www.nclrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/A_Place_Of_Respect.pdf
SRLP Continues Fight Against Sexual Assault In Detention
In coalition with other groups, on April 4, 2011, SRLP submitted comments to regulations that would implement the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). We urge the Attorney General to make certain important changes to the proposed regulations to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming people in various forms of detention including prisons […]