The Sylvia Rivera Law Project has a new way to become involved: Membership! Who can be a member? Anyone who agrees with the mission of SRLP can be a member! SRLP continues to prioritize the involvement of trans, gender non-conforming, intersex people who are low income and/or people of color. What do members do? Attend […]
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Meet the Honorees of SRLP’s 10th Anniversary Celebration!
Meet the Honorees of SRLP’s 10th Anniversary Celebration! Janet Mock Janet is a writer and advocate, who publicly shared her teenage transition story in Marie Claire and a video testimony for the It Gets Better project in 2011. A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Janet speaks out about the portrayal, struggles and triumphs of transgender women, […]
Sponsor SRLP 10!
SRLP’s 10th Anniversary Celebration is an exciting event where SRLP can celebrate our history, honor community advocates whose efforts increase the political leadership of low-income and people of color who are trans, gender nonconforming or intersex, as well as bring members of the LGBT communities, including activists, attorneys, advocates from other LGBT and civil rights […]
SRLP 10 Year Anniversary Facebook invite!
Invite friends to SRLP 10 on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/350004465083427/
Sylvia Rivera Law Project Looking For Fundraising Volunteers
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination or violence. We are looking for a few folks to help with a short-term fundraising project beginning in September. Time commitment: 2 to 3 hours per week from […]
Prisoner Pen Pal Postcard Project Party!
Where: SRLP 147 W 24th Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10011 Be sure to mark your calendar for this upcoming (iced) Coffee Talk event! Coffee Talk is a FREE ongoing discussion series that centers the lives and experiences of low income trans, intersex, gender non conforming people as well as trans, intersex and gender […]
Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act Talking Points
THE NEW YORK GENDER EXPRESSION NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT http://www.transgenderlaw.org/resources/genda.pdf Some talking points about GENDA, a trans-inclusive non-discrimination act proposed in the New York State legislature, prepared by the Transgender Law & Policy Institute. http://www.transgenderlaw.org/resources/genda.pdf
Dean Spade Testimony at New York City Equal Employment Practices Commission
Held by the New York City Equal Employment Practices Commission to inquire into the enforcement of (and drafting of guidelines for) New York City’s Human Rights Law, which was amended in April 2002 to cover gender identity and expression. Testimony by Dean Spade of SRLP begins on page 98.) eepc.publichearing
TRANS YOUTH AND THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Youth, and trans and gender non-conforming youth even more so, are particularly vulnerable. This chart, Transgender Youth and the Prison Industrial Complex: Disrupt The Flow, from FIERCE and the Prison Moratorium Project, illustrates some of these mechanisms. Trans Youth and the PIC
UNRAVELING INJUSTICE: RACE AND CLASS IMPACT OF MEDICAID EXCLUSIONS OF TRANSITION-RELATED HEALTH CARE FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
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 […]