GritTV recently posted an interview that Laura Flanders did with me.
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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…
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NYC Secure Communities Bill Fails Transgender Immigrant Communities
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The SRLP 2013 Calendar is Here!
Designed to support the ongoing work of SRLP and to extend the reach of SRLP’s members who are incarcerated, artist Caroline Paquita has been hard at work over the past few months creating SRLP’s very first calendar! This beautiful 12 month calendar showcases the artwork of trans, gender non conforming,…
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Thank you for supporting SRLP on our 10th Anniversary!
Hey community! You helped SRLP raise nearly $46,000 through our 10th anniversary celebration!! This is the most we’ve ever raised at an event and it also exceeded our initial fundraising goal by $20K. We are truly grateful for your love and support over the and look forward to growing our…