HBO Original The StrollHBO Original The Stroll 39109709596d4f84b3ca49e413701944 This is the definitive history of New York City’s Meatpacking District, told by the transgender women of color who created its history. The now corporate, flush façade of the neighborhood was plastered over the world of transgender s.e.x. workers who lived, worked, loved, and died there. “The […]
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Update to Name Change Instructions
On June 21, 2021, New York passed the Gender Recognition Act (“GRA”) which simplifies the processes for transgender and nonbinary New Yorkers to correct their names and gender markers on identification documents. The GRA went into effect on December 21, 2021. Since December 21, 2021, most New Yorkers seeking to change their names will no […]
Stories from Shelter Organizing #DHSIsAMess
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 […]
SRLP’s Response to the Trump Administration’s Erasure of TGNC People’s Healthcare Needs from Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act
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 […]
Announcing SRLP microgrants! Apply by July 8, 2020
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) […]
Community members + supporters: Take our COVID-19 Relief Surveys
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 […]
SRLP & TGNCNBI Task Force call on leaders for mass release from jails & prisons during COVID-19
SRLP joins with 36 organizations and members of NYC’s appointed TGNCNBI Task Force calling on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Manhattan DA Cy Vance, Bronx DA Darrel Clark, Queens DA Melinda Katz and Staten Island DA Michael McMahon to recognize medical, […]
SRLP lamenta la pérdida de Layla Peláez y Serena Angelique Velázquez / SRLP mourns the loss of Layla Peláez and Serena Angelique Velázquez
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 […]
Honrando la vida y el liderazgo de Lorena Borjas
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, […]
Honoring the Life & Leadership of Lorena Borjas
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 […]