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 organizing and movement building, CR10 […]
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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 self-determination. Rather, they serve other […]
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
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
TRANSGENDER ACTIVISTS AND ALLIES TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE IN RESPONSE TO BRUTAL POLICE ATTACK AT SRLP FUNDRAISER
TRANSGENDER ACTIVISTS AND ALLIES TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE IN RESPONSE TO BRUTAL POLICE ATTACK AT SRLP FUNDRAISER September 28, 2007 Contact Information: June Brown june@srlp.org Office: (212) 337-8550 x303 New York On Wednesday, September 26, 2007, officers from the New York Police Department’s 9th precinct made an unprovoked attack, employing excessive use of force against […]
POLICE BRUTALITY STRIKES FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF SYLVIA RIVERA LAW PROJECT
POLICE BRUTALITY STRIKES FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF SYLVIA RIVERA LAW PROJECT September 27, 2007 Contact Information: Jack Aponte at jack@srlp.org, Naomi Clark at naomi@srlp.org New York On the night of Wednesday, September 26, officers from the 9th Precinct of the New York Police Department attacked without provocation members of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and of its community. […]
POLICE BRUTALITY AT 5TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT
POLICE BRUTALITY AT 5TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT When: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 – 2:00pm Where: On the Steps of New York City Hall, in City Hall Park between Broadway, Park Row and Chambers Street. On Wednesday, September 26, 2007, officers from the New York Police Department’s 9th precinct made an unprovoked attack, employing excessive use of […]
It’s War in Here
SRLP PUBLICATION A Report on the Treatment of Transgender and Intersex People in NYS Men’s Prisons ‘It’s War in Here’: A Report on the Treatment of Transgender and Intersex People in New York State Men’s Prisons, one of the first to address this issue, draws on interviews with imprisoned transgender people and their advocates to document […]
SRLP March 2007 Newsletter
This issue includes: SRLP Victory for Trans Youth in Juvenile Justice System Disseminating strategies nationally The fight for birth certificates continues Introducing the Prisoner Pen Pal Project March 2007 Newsletter
Settlement reached in case of Trans youth against Juvenile Services
This brief piece addresses the settlement that Sylvia Rivera Law Project and Lambda Legal achieved when a young transgender woman in juvenile jail was placed in a male facility. In addition to compensation for damages, the Office of Children and Family Services will be working with SRLP to examine its policies on transgender youth. Gabriel […]