By Sam Barack, SRLP Summer Policy Intern Earlier this summer, the Trump Administration levied yet another attack against the TGNCI (transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex) community by attempting to roll back important nondiscrimination protections for TGNCI people in healthcare. As members of the TGNCI community, we know all too well the ways that harassment, discrimination, and […]
Photo credit: Vienna Rye @vrye We are deeply saddened by the immeasurable loss of 3 Black transgender sisters coming to our attention over the course of this past weekend. This year, we have lost 5 invaluable voices. Through our heartbreak and fury, we honor the humanity and preciousness of Muhlaysia Booker (23), Claire Legato (21), Michelle Washington (40), […]
by Kimberly Mckenzie In collaboration with Chris Vargas exploration of the memorialization of the 1969 Stonewall riots, SRLP collaborated with the New Museum over the summer to showcase the ways our communities are historically impacted by criminalization and systemic oppression. Resources for Resistance provides an active workspace and library at the New Museum to center […]
Action: SRLP’s Shelter Organizing Team is calling on our communities to help us participate in a direct action on Halloween to let DHS know that TGNC people are unsafe and continue to experience violence in the shelter system. We will not let them forget about it. When: Halloween Day, 10/31 from noon onward throughout the […]
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SRLP welcomes Egypt Rochelle Dior, our new Movement Building Team intern. Egypt Rochelle Dior was born on September 6, 1982. As a product of Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, her survival skills were inevitable…as an ex-gang member and a Transwoman of color, her survival are constantly tested. Egypt is a member and current intern at the Sylvia […]
On April 24th, a week before May Day, SRLP’s Movement Building Team (MBT) core members engaged in a dialogue around the intersections of immigrant justice and trans justice. We delved into issues around economic justice and access to benefits, the trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) community’s lack of access to employment when fighting for workers’ […]
In July 2015, the Anti-Violence Project, Make the Road New York, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, the Audre Lorde Project, the LGBT Center, and GMHC (along with local Bronx-based LGBT organizations and allies) with support from then City Council Speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council member Ritchie Torres, and the LGBT caucus of the City Council held […]
Every year in New York City, both the Mayor and City Council go through a budgeting process. During this process, city agencies and the public testify on various issues, such as policing, education, healthcare, housing, and immigration. By providing testimony about our experiences, we can use our stories to impact policy, funding, and services available […]
On Tuesday, March 27th, at 10:00 am, the New York City Council is holding an NYC Council Budget and Oversight Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2019 Preliminary Budget for the Human Resources Administration, Department of Social Services, and Department of Homeless Services. Come out to City Hall at 3:00 pm for the Public Hearing and […]
