Last month, the New York State Health Department proposed a new rule extending Medicaid coverage, making all transgender care and services available to all qualified persons, regardless of age. This proposal comes amid a backdrop of legal battles and increased advocacy for transgender rights. Today, we look at a new state initiative that would allow […]
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Celebrating New SRLP Workshops and Thought Leadership Around Reproductive Justice, Healthcare, and Housing
By Sasha Alexander, SRLP Director of Membership on October 25, 2016 in Membership, News, SRLP News, TRANSFORM
Part of SRLP’s legacy has been framing trans and gender justice language and strategy and organizing for our survival through our lense of abolition, transformation, and intersectional justice! Read more about new workshops from SRLP’s Movement Building Team and see photos from our recent presentation of these workshops and more at In Our Own Voices’ […]
Updates on Cruz v. Zucker
On October 17, SRLP joined our co-counsel the Legal Aid Society and Willkie Farr & Gallagher at the oral argument in our lawsuit Cruz v. Zucker. If you weren’t able to attend the oral argument, check out this court transcript. SRLP was delighted to work with community in order to ensure that class members could safely attend […]
If You Have HIV and Need Support, Good News!
By Kyle Rapiñan, Director of Survival and Self-Determination on October 20, 2016 in Legal, News, Survival and Self Determination Project
Due to the work of countless HIV/AIDS organizers, advocates, and activists, HASA (HIV/AIDS Services Administration) services eligibility expanded since September 1, 2016. Even if you have had no HIV-related illnesses, you may be eligible for housing assistance and other services through HASA. In the past, HIV-related illnesses were commonly required to receive assistance, leaving out […]
Bathroom Rights – Reporting on Recent Roundtable on Gender-Neutral Bathrooms
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 […]
Join SRLP October 17 in Shining a Light on Youth Health Care
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on October 13, 2016 in Action Alert, Legal, News, Policy Advocacy, SRLP News
In direct response to Cruz v. Zucker, our lawsuit challenging New York State’s ban on transgender health care coverage, oral arguments will be heard this coming Monday October 17 on the medical necessity of gender-affirming health care for trans youth. SRLP asks that you join us and our co-counsel The Legal Aid Society and Willkie Farr […]
Major Medical Victory for Transgender Youth in New York State
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on October 11, 2016 in Legal, Policy Advocacy, Press Release, SRLP News
In direct response to Cruz v. Zucker, No. 14 Civ. 4456 (JSR) (SDNY), a class action filed by The Legal Aid Society, The Sylvia Rivera Law Project, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP on behalf of individuals diagnosed with gender dysphoria, New York State recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to remove a […]
Walking While Trans – Effects of the Loitering Law on Trans-Feminine Immigrants
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on October 7, 2016 in Immigrant Rights Project, Legal, News, Policy Advocacy, SRLP News
On September 30, 2016, the Legal Aid Society of New York and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP filed a civil rights class action lawsuit on behalf of women of color unjustly arrested for violations of New York Penal Law Section 240.37, the alleged crime of loitering for the purpose of prostitution. As a collective […]
The New York Times Covers SRLP’s Cruz Case and the Fight for Affirming Care for Trans Youth
By Kimberly Mckenzie, Director of Outreach and Community Engagement on October 5, 2016 in SRLP In The Media
Read more about this here.
Join SRLP on Monday at City Hall to Increase the Rights of Individuals in NYC Jails
This Monday, September 26, SRLP will join a number of advocates in requesting that the City Council adopt a series of important local laws that would increase the rights of people held in the NYC jail system. In brief, these local laws will: Require the Department of Correction (DOC) to bring people to all court […]