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In the fall of 2018, SRLP launched our Shelter Organizing Campaign to support the safety of trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people in the New York City shelter system. Low-income TGNC people and TGNC people of color receiving services from the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) and who are in need of re-entry services, housing […]

This week, we remembered and mourned the death of Layleen Polanco, an afro latinx trans woman, who died in NYC Department of Corrections custody last June. Nearly a year after her passing, our city announced that it would not hold anyone accountable for the negligence that led to her preventable death in solitary confinement.  As […]

SRLP is responding to the urgent needs of our community during this unprecedented moment by establishing a micro-grants committee to address systemic barriers for the survival and self-determination of our community. Community members are invited to click on the links below to apply: Financial Relief for Self-Determination – providing one-time financial assistance (check or paypal) […]

Are you a community member? Take our COVID-19 relief survey to help us assess the needs of the community to move forward with mutual aid, micro-grant applications, and plugging members into other aid networks. Are you a supporter interested in volunteering? Take our COVID-19 Volunteer Asisstance survey to help us assess volunteer interest and ability […]

  Lo que esto me hace decir. Es que tenemos que hacer nuestro propio camino y abrir el camino por delante de nosotras sin mirar hacia tras. Hacer pasos para las personas TGNCI, que vienen detrás de nosotras. El tiempo no espera por nadie. Tenemos que hacer entender a la sociedad que como personas trans […]

For English, click here. Querida comunidad amada, Escribimos con gran pesar y profundo cuidado para todos en nuestras comunidades que están sufriendo tanto dolor mientras se cuidan el uno al otro. Lorena Borjas, una líder visionaria de nuestros movimientos, falleció el lunes 30 de marzo debido a complicaciones relacionadas con COVID-19. Sylvia Rivera Law Project, […]

Para español, haga clic aquí. Dear Beloved Community, We write with heavy hearts and deep care for all in our communities who are holding such immense grief while caring for each other. Lorena Borjas—a visionary leader of our movements—passed on Monday, March 30, due to complications related to COVID-19. The Sylvia Rivera Law Project joins […]

Please check this page for most recent updates about our community safety plan in response to the spread of coronavirus in NYC. As a preventative measure, SRLP’s office is currently closed until further notice. After careful consideration, we believe this plan is the best way to keep everyone as safe as possible while maintaining some […]