The Sylvia Rivera Law Project is pleased to announce that we were listed as among the top 19 national non profits “advancing the equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals and supporting the issues that the LGBT community tackles—including discriminatory policies, violence against members of the community, and improving the health and […]
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New Member Orientation January 17th!
Happy 2013, SRLP Community! We’re excited about the work we’ll be doing this new year. This month we will host another the second new member orientation on January 17th at 6 PM. Orientations are a chance for you to learn how to become more involved with SRLP. For more information on membership see below! Food […]
Dean Spade: GritTV interview
GritTV recently posted an interview that Laura Flanders did with me.
Sylvia Rivera Law Project Year End Greetings!
For 10 years, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) has been working to make gender self-determination a reality for all people. We are grateful for all the clients, community members, activists, artists, donors and volunteers like YOU who continue to enrich and sustain this organization. As 2012 draws to a close, we invite you to help make another ten […]
NYC Secure Communities Bill Fails Transgender Immigrant Communities
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on December 13, 2012 in Action Alert, News, Press Release, SRLP In The Media
CONTACTS: Pooja Gehi: (202) 491-7665 Tiloma Jayasinghe: (917) 669-0696 NYC Secure Communities Bill Fails Transgender Immigrant Communities *December 13, 2012 New York, NY* – A coalition of anti-violence advocates who work with immigrant survivors of family and intimate partner violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, and survivors of homophobic and transphobic violence in New York welcomed […]
Debating ‘Gender Identity Disorder’ and Justice for Trans People
“The pushback from trans people around the inclusion of GID in the DSM seems to fail to incorporate a larger assessment of why we are so afraid of ‘disorder’ and who enjoys the benefit of avoiding stigma and pathologization. I want to think about the DSM and other medical and medicalizing tools in a way […]
Mailing Party December 12th!
Hi SRLP Community! Please come out to support the Sylvia Rivera Law Project on Wednesday, December 12th. We are sending out our annual appeal to share updates about our work with our growing list of supporters and help us meet our fundraising goals for the year. We need your help to make sure that everyone […]
New Video of Staking Our Claim: Trans Women’s Literature in the 21st Century!
From Barnard Center For Research On Women “Celebrating the release of The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard (Topside Press, 2012), four of the volume’s contributors, Ryka Aoki, Imogen Binnie, Red Durkin, and Donna Ostrowsky come together to discuss future of literature, the complex ways that literary trans narratives will evolve in years […]
Jueves: De rememoración a acción
El equipo del desarrollo de movimiento del Proyecto Legal Sylvia Rivera presenta: De rememoración a acción, transformando nuestro miedo, dolor, y luto en acción colectiva para cambio social Cuando: Jueves, 29 de noviembre, 6:30 a 8:30 pm Donde: Proyecto Legal Sylvia Rivera, 147 W. 24th St., quinto piso Edificio tiene ascensor Trenes: C/F/M/R/1 Queremos terminar […]
From Remembrance to Action, Thursday Evening at SRLP!
This Thursday SRLP’s Movement Building team presents: From Remembrance to Action: Turning Our Fear, Pain & Mourning into Collective Actions for Social Change. A community discussion. We want to end the violence and oppression experienced by our communities. How do we work towards a day when violence against trans and gender nonconforming people is no longer a […]