The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) stands against the use of the federal hate crimes law to extend the sentencing of Joshua Vallum for his horrific murder of 17-year-old Mercedes Williamson on the basis of her gender. On May 15, 2017, federal hate crimes laws specific to gender identity were used for the first time […]
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Building Together Towards Liberation: Tools & Resources for Resistance
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on May 15, 2017 in News, Prisoner Rights Project, Publications and Resources, SRLP News, SRLP Prisoner Advisory Committee
I believe that we will win. I believe that we will continue to resist. We say it loud. We say it in whispers. We say it in the way we shout trans liberation in the streets. We say it in the way we move. We say it in the way we practice hope. We say it […]
A New Resource for Incarcerated Trans, Gender Non-Conforming, and Intersex New Yorkers
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on May 4, 2017 in Legal, News, Prisoner Rights Project, Publications and Resources, SRLP Prisoner Advisory Committee
The Prisoner Justice Project is extremely excited to announce the launch of our new resource, Name Changes for Transgender Adults in New York State Prisons: A DIY Guide for Pro Se Name Changes. This guide walks incarcerated transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex individuals through the name change process if they are 18 years old or […]
SRLP Seeks to HALT Isolated Confinement in New York State Prisons
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on April 30, 2017 in Action Alert, Legal, News, Policy Advocacy, Prisoner Rights Project, SRLP Prisoner Advisory Committee
Members of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project are getting ready to join thousands of New Yorkers in the push to end the use of isolated confinement in New York State prisons. On May 2, members of SRLP and the Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement (CAIC) will be in Albany meeting with legislators and assemblymembers on […]
Building Movement Power at the #LawStrikesBack Rally
By Kimberly Mckenzie, Director of Outreach and Community Engagement on February 28, 2017 in Legal, Membership, Policy Advocacy, SRLP News
Last week on the 17th of February, I, as a member of the Movement Building Team of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, along with members of legal agencies, activists, and social service communities, gathered to resist President Donald Trump and his racist policies at the #F17 Law Strikes Back rally in Foley Square. Along with […]
What You Can Do To Bring TGNCI Prisoners Home
Chelsea Manning will be released from prison in 95 days, on May 17, 2017. For so many people who are allies and supporters of Chelsea, her release marks an important end to the trauma she underwent for the past three and a half years in a military prison that refused to recognize her basic humanity. […]
How to Take Care of Yourself as a TGNCI Immigrant
For English, please see below. Estimada comunidad, Quiero reconocer cómo difícil que ha sido esta semana, cómo difícil que han sido las semanas para usted. Quiero reconocer cuánto ha estado lastimando las noticias, cómo el miedo, la duda y la confusion que han afectado su sentido de pertenencia en los Estados Unidos como un inmigrante. […]
15 Systematic Policies and Legal Rules That SRLP Helped Change
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on December 20, 2016 in Birth Certificates, Identification, Immigrant Rights Project, Legal, News, Newsletter, Policy Advocacy, Prisoner Rights Project, SRLP News, Survival and Self Determination Project
It’s been almost 15 years since SRLP was founded as a multi-racial, trans-led collective organization working for economic, racial, and gender justice. You might not know that over the last 15 years SRLP has worked to win the following important victories: Morrill v. Morrill, establishing a transgender parent’s right to visit her children. Doe v. […]
SRLP Pushes to Reduce Hurdles to Obtaining Gender-Affirming Documents
By Kyle Rapiñan, Director of Survival and Self-Determination on December 20, 2016 in Identification, Legal, News, Newsletter, Policy Advocacy, SRLP News, Survival and Self Determination Project
On December 19th, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Bureau of Vital Statistics held a public meeting of the NYC Gender Marker Change Advisory Board, where SRLP testified that the Board should permit fee waivers, gender self-attestation, and non-binary designations on birth certificates issued by New York City. Joining SRLP in coalition were […]
New PREA Rules for the NYC Jails Fail to Provide Trans Women with Meaningful Housing
Last week, the Board of Correction, the body that oversees the Department of Correction and ensures compliance with the minimum standards, unanimously voted in new rules to govern and prevent instances of sexual violence in the NYC jails. This rule goes beyond the federal rules for the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) and are, in […]