A culmination of 9 years of work, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project marks the release of the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Standards to Prevent, Detect and Respond to Prison Rape as a significant victory. The Department of Justice’s new standards come in response from recommendations from the Sylvia Rivera Law Project -including those of […]
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VICTORY: INCARCERATED TRANSGENDER & GENDER NON CONFORMING PEOPLE & ALLIES SUCCESSFULLY CAMPAIGN FOR NEW POLICES TO END PRISON RAPE & ABUSE
VICTORY: INCARCERATED TRANSGENDER & GENDER NON CONFORMING PEOPLE & ALLIES SUCCESSFULLY CAMPAIGN FOR NEW POLICES TO END PRISON RAPE & ABUSE May 17, 2012 Contact Information: Chase Strangio, Equal Justice Work Fellow 212.337.8550 ext 302 chase@srlp.org A culmination of 9 years of work, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project marks the release of the U.S. Department […]
MARCH FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS & WORKER SOLIDARITY! MAY DAY 2012
MARCH FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS & WORKER SOLIDARITY! MAY DAY 2012 When: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 – 3:00pm Where: At Regal Movie Theater, 850 Broadway (at 13th St.) at 3pm May Day SRLP Contingent! The Audre Lorde Project, FIERCE, Queers for Economic Justice, Streetwise and Safe and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project have united to organize and form […]
HOUSING WORKS: ACTION ALERT!
HOUSING WORKS: ACTION ALERT! When: Monday, October 3, 2011 (All day) – Monday, October 31, 2011 (All day) TELL GOVERNOR CUOMO THAT ACCESS TO ALL HEALTH CARE IS A RIGHT, INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY TRANS-RELATED HEALTH CARE! A RECENT TASK FORCE DETERMINED THAT THESE ASPECTS SHOULD BE COVERED AS MEDICAL NECESSITIES. IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE TO DENY NEW YORKERS […]
SRLP continues fight against sexual assault in detention.
In coalition with other groups, on April 4, 2011, SRLP submitted comments to regulations that would implement the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). We urge the Attorney General to make certain important changes to the proposed regulations to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming people in various forms of detention including prisons […]
The Winning Team: The Welfare Justice Campaign Trains Human Resource Administration On Policy To Address Discrimination Against Trans & Gender Non Conforming People
PICTURE: The Winning Team! On October 15th, following the historic and successful organizing campaign to make the Human Resources Administrationpass a policy to stop discrimination against trans and gender non conforming people seeking HRA services, members from the Welfare Justice Campaign traveled to the HRA training headquarters in Queens, NY to train workers on the policy. […]
Queer Left At US Social Forum Pledge A Movement For ‘Safe Self-Determination
In June 2010, SRLP attended the United States Social Forum in Detroit, Michigan. As part of the ROOTS Coalition, we built a new level of shared national strategy for queer and trans justice movements in the US. Two of SRLP’s community members active in the Transforming Justice Coalition joined us in facilitating a workshop to […]
Fall 2010 News & Announcements
News & Accomplishments at Sylvia Rivera Law Project This update went out to our mailing list in December 2010 – if you didn’t get the mailing, find out more here and sign up for our mailing list! PUBLIC EDUCATION This year, we provided training and education to over 1,000 community members, lawyers, and service providers. Here are […]
Spring 2009 News And Accomplishments
Six Months of News & Accomplishments at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project PRISONER ADVISORY COMMITTEE SRLP’s Prisoner Advisory Committee released the very first issue of their newsletter, In Solidarity. Our Prisoner Advisory Committee (PAC) builds the capacity, accountability, and effectiveness of our work by giving imprisoned people who are trans, intersex, gender nonconforming or allies […]
Introducing New SRLP Staff!
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project is thrilled to introduce you to three new staff members: Gabriel Foster, Reina Gossett, and Chase Strangio! Check out our full staff list and bios here Gabriel Foster, our new Outreach Director, works to connect and engage community members by spreading the word about SRLP while working closely with Membership […]