In a recent letter sent to the GENDA coalition, SRLP, FIERCE, ALP, The Peter Cicchino Youth Project, and Queers for Economic Justice have jointly expressed our concerns with the problematic hate crimes legislation that has been attached to the Gender Employment Non-Discrimination Act. April 6, 2009 Dear members of the…
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SRLP TESTIFIES AT CITY COUNCIL HEARING ON THE CCRB AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
Read the testimony we offered to the City Council about NYPD abuse of transgender communities and the failure of the Civilian Complaint Review Board to provide meaningful accountability. SRLP NYPD CCRB council testimony
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END TRANSPHOBIA AT THE HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION NOW!
END TRANSPHOBIA AT THE HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION NOW! Sign the Petition! http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/endtransphobianow/index.html Since 2006, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) communities in New York City have been urging the Human Resources Administration (HRA) to address the rampant Transphobia discrimination and harassment that TGNC people in New York City face when seeking to access…
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SRLP Comments On Proposed Changes To DC’s Anti-Discrimination Law
The DC Office of Human Rights is attempting to make an exception to anti-discrimiantion law for the Department of Corrections. The DC Trans Coalition is organizing around this issue, more can be learned at their website, here or www.dctc.squarespace.com Sylvia Rivera Law Project has issued a statement on the proposed changes which reads…
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SRLP VICTORY! NEW YORK COURTS CAN’T DENY TRANS PEOPLE’S RIGHT TO NAME CHANGES!
SRLP VICTORY! NEW YORK COURTS CAN’T DENY TRANS PEOPLE’S RIGHT TO NAME CHANGES! December 2, 2008 Contact Information: June Brown (212) 337-8550 Extension 303 june@srlp.org After a year long struggle, New York courts have upheld a transgender woman’s right to change her name, reversing an earlier denial of her legal name…
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TRANS FORMATION by Dean Spade
Article by Dean Spade in Los Angeles Lawyer, October 2008. Three myths regarding transgender identity have led to conflicting laws and policies that adversely affect transgender people. Trans Formation Article
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SRLP Heading To Critical Resistance 10 Conference!
SRLP Collective and community members will be heading to the Critical Resistance 10 Conference in Oakland, CA from Sept 26th-28th. Following the Transforming Justice Conference in October 2007, SRLP and many other organizations have been working together to build trans and queer visibility in the prison abolition movement. As a direct result of that…
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Prisons As A Tool For Reproductive Oppression: Cross-Movement Strategies For Gender Justice
Remarks of Gabriel Arkles from Sylvia Rivera Law Project on panel at CR10 September 27, 2008 Whether they are about healthcare, placement, showers, or any number of other issues, prison policies and practices for trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming people are never about promoting anyone’s safety, health, dignity, well-being, or…
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SRLP March 2008 Newsletter
This issue includes: It’s War In Here Report Release Introducing the Prisoner Advisory Board Violence & Punishment: Transforming Justice in Trans Communities Community Words/Artwork March 2008 newsletter
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SRLP October 2007 Newsletter
This issue includes: SRLP Supports Immigrant Communities in Action to Oppose “Report to Deport” Bill Jersey 4: Young Black Lesbians to Jail for Self-Defense SRLP at the US Social Forum Police Violence at SRLP 5th Anniversary First SRLP Pro Bono Award October 2007 newsletter