Breaking news! Today, a decision was handed down in our federal lawsuit Cruz v. Zucker, providing a major victory to transgender New Yorkers who are Medicaid-eligible. Judge Jed S. Rakoff has ruled that the current Medicaid regulations violate the federal Medicaid Act, which requires state Medicaid programs to provide Medicaid recipients with coverage for medically necessary […]
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SRLP speaks to the Board of Correction about implementing meaningful PREA standards
May 10 was a big day for advocacy to end sexual violence in New York City jails. Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) members and staff spent the morning at the Board of Correction’s public meeting, where punitive segregation for young people, harassment during visitations, and the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) were discussed. After the […]
SRLP Members Discuss Housing, Employment Discrimination at Commission on Human Rights Workshop
On Tuesday night, Daryl Cochrane of the Commission on Human Rights led a Know Your Rights workshop for a packed room of SRLP members and staff. The workshop provided an overview of New York City’s Human Rights Laws and how they apply when it comes to housing, employment, and public accommodations. The meeting also […]
Help SRLP with in-kind donations for Small Works for Big Change!
Please consider making an in-kind donation to support SRLP’s 10th annual art benefit Small Works for Big Change. SRLP acknowledges in-kind donations on all of our print and online materials, increasing the visibility of local organizations and companies. For your donation, you will receive an ad projected at the event; your logo and hyperlink on […]
Mayor de Blasio Requires City Buildings to Give Bathroom Access to TGNCI Folks
By Kyle Rapiñan, Director of Survival and Self-Determination on March 9, 2016 in Legal, News, Policy Advocacy
Last Monday, I had the privilege of joining advocates and allies at the signing of an important executive order barring city facilities from harassing and intimidating transgender people and their use of city-owned restrooms and sex-segregated facilities. For trans, gender nonconforming and intersex (TGNCI) communities, there is often a fear for our safety and the […]
Know Your Rights in this Winter Weather!
For many TGNCI people, especially low-income TGNCI people of color, access to housing is a road filled with oppressions and phobias, disproportionately leaving TGNCI people of color homeless or not stably housed. For those in our communities who are homeless or not housed in a consistent, stable way, this weekend may be very treacherous. SRLP […]
Attend the city-wide trans forum to discuss our community’s needs on 2/8!
SAVE THE DATE! SRLP is working with the Audre Lorde Project, Translatina Network, the Anti-Violence Project, Lorena Borjas Community Fund, and more to host a Queens Trans Forum on February 8th! RSVP at ysafdie [at] avp.org or call 212-714-1184
NYC Commission on Human Rights Announces Stronger Protections for Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People
Yesterday, the NYC Commission on Human Rights announced their commitment to strengthen protections for trans and gender non-conforming people under the NYC Human Rights Law through the release of clearer guidelines. As mentioned in the press release below “…discrimination based on gender identity and expression has been illegal under the City’s law since 2002, previous […]
Trans Health Care Now Campaign Part 2. – Implementation and Updates
Trans Health Care Now Campaign Part 2. – Implementation and Updates In response to litigation filed in federal court in Manhattan by Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Legal Aid Society, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, the New York Department of Health amended a state regulation to provide Medicaid coverage for certain surgeries and procedures for […]
Submit comments to show support for a proposed rule of the Affordable Care Act!
The Department of Health and Human Services is issuing a proposed rule on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits discrimination in certain health programs and activities. This proposed rule lifts multiple barriers trans people face when accessing healthcare such as u making it unlawful to categorically exclude or limit from coverage health services related to gender transitions […]