Following the exciting announcement this summer that all single-occupant bathrooms in New York City must now be gender neutral, advocates and community leaders have been working hard to get the news out. On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 a group of LGBT direct service advocates met to discuss the impact of this legislation and the work that […]
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Press Release: Class Action Lawsuit Against New York Dept. of Health on Behalf of Transgender New Yorkers Proceeds
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on August 3, 2015 in Legal, News, Press Release, Survival and Self Determination Project
Judge Jed S. Rakoff issues decision denying the State’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit calling for an end to continued exclusions for some transgender-related health care treatments by New York Medicaid. NEW YORK, NY, July 31, 2015 – On Wednesday, July 29, 2015, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York issued an […]
HRA Now Issuing Common Benefit Identification Cards WITHOUT gender marker!!
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on May 13, 2015 in Legal, News, Policy Advocacy, Survival and Self Determination Project
Most New Yorkers will know CBIC’s (pictured below) as their benefits or food stamps cards. The Human Resources Administration (HRA) has undergone a policy change allowing them to issue CBIC’s (Common Benefit Identification Cards) without gender markers on them. CBIC’s are commonly used to access services like (TANF) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, and […]
SRLP’s legal team breaks down what the new Medicaid regulations mean
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on April 28, 2015 in Legal, News, Publications and Resources, Survival and Self Determination Project
Many people – ourselves included – have expressed confusion, irritation, and disappointment at the lack of substantive change in the rules that govern Medicaid coverage for low-income trans people following our 10-year struggle to end the blanket ban on trans healthcare. Mik Kinkead and I, two of SRLP’s legal advocates, have gone through the regulation […]
New York City Housing and Shelter Resources
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on April 28, 2015 in Legal, Publications and Resources, Survival and Self Determination Project
New York City Housing and Shelter KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Under DHS policy, you have the right to be housed according to the gender you identify as. Shelter workers are required to call you by the name and pronouns you go by and to place you in a shelter that matches your gender, regardless of what […]
Tell the Dept. of Health we need trans healthcare for ALL
By Sasha Alexander, SRLP Director of Membership on February 1, 2015 in Action Alert, Legal, SRLP News, Survival and Self Determination Project
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project, TransJustice of the Audre Lorde Project, and GLOBE: The LGBTQ Justice Organization of Make the Road New York are celebrating New York State’s proposed Medicaid regulation as an important step towards safe and affirming healthcare for all trans people. But we still have work to do. We need to push for real access to […]
New SRLP Resource on Trans People and Municipal ID (IDNYC) in New York City
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on January 12, 2015 in Legal, News, Publications and Resources, Survival and Self Determination Project
In 2014 it was announced that New York City would begin to offer IDNYC, a Municipal ID card, thanks to the collaborative work of SRLP, Make the Road, NYLAG, and the Urban Justice Center, among many other community-based organizations. Below are some questions and answers about the IDNYC Municipal ID program. Check out SRLP’s new IDNYC […]