POLICE BRUTALITY AT 5TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT When: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 – 2:00pm Where: On the Steps of New York City Hall, in City Hall Park between Broadway, Park Row and Chambers Street. On Wednesday, September 26, 2007, officers from the New York Police Department’s 9th precinct made an unprovoked attack, employing excessive use of […]
It’s War in Here
SRLP PUBLICATION A Report on the Treatment of Transgender and Intersex People in NYS Men’s Prisons ‘It’s War in Here’: A Report on the Treatment of Transgender and Intersex People in New York State Men’s Prisons, one of the first to address this issue, draws on interviews with imprisoned transgender people and their advocates to […]
SRLP March 2007 Newsletter
This issue includes: SRLP Victory for Trans Youth in Juvenile Justice System Disseminating strategies nationally The fight for birth certificates continues Introducing the Prisoner Pen Pal Project March 2007 Newsletter
Settlement reached in case of Trans youth against Juvenile Services
This brief piece addresses the settlement that Sylvia Rivera Law Project and Lambda Legal achieved when a young transgender woman in juvenile jail was placed in a male facility. In addition to compensation for damages, the Office of Children and Family Services will be working with SRLP to examine its policies on transgender youth. Gabriel […]
The fight for fair access to birth certificates continues…
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on December 5, 2006 in Birth Certificates, Policy Advocacy, Press Release
On December 5, 2006, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene withdrew a proposed amendment to the Health Code that would have given access to accurate birth certificates to many transgender people. The amendment would have allowed new birth certificates to be issued to those who could prove with medical evidence they […]
BOARD OF HEALTH PRESS RELEASE: BIRTH CERTIFICATE POLICY (DEC 2006)
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on December 5, 2006 in Birth Certificates, Policy Advocacy, Press Release
BOARD OF HEALTH PRESS RELEASE: BIRTH CERTIFICATE POLICY (DEC 2006) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 5, 2006 (212) 788-5290 BOARD OF HEALTH MAKES NYC CONSISTENT WITH NEW YORK STATE AND MOST OF THE UNITED STATES BY ALLOWING SEX-SPECIFIC TRANSGENDER BIRTH CERTIFICATES Health Department Withdraws Proposal to Change Standard for Certifying Gender Change, Citing Broader Social […]
Letter to Board of Health, October 2006, re: Birth Certificate Policy Change
Letter to Board of Health, October 2006, re: Birth Certificate Policy Change Rena Bryant Secretary to the Board of Health 125 Worth Street, CN-31 New York, NY 10013 October 30, 2006 Re: Comments pursuant to notice of intention to amend Article 207 of the New York City Health Code Dear Secretary Bryant: I am writing […]
SRLP October 2006 Newsletter
This issue includes: Gender Action Coalition takes on discrimination at HRA Connected struggles: the war on terror and trans people US questioned at UN on record of police brutality and abuse of trans people October 2006 newsletter
Talking Points in Support of Proposed NYC Transgender Birth Certificate Regulations
Why should New York City’s current birth certificate gender change policy be changed? NYC needs a new birth certificate gender change policy because the current policy, requiring every person to prove they’ve had “convertive surgery,” (interpreted to mean phalloplasty or vaginoplasty), is based on myths and misunderstandings about trans health care. Trans healthcare is individualized: […]
FAQ for New Transgender Birth Certificate Regulations Proposed in New York City
What does the current policy say? Right now, transgender people born in New York City can never get birth certificates that reflect our new gender. If we provide proof of having had vaginoplasty or phalloplasty (types of genital surgery), we can get a birth certificate that shows no gender at all. What’s wrong with the […]