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…
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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;…
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Mayor de Blasio Requires City Buildings to Give Bathroom Access to TGNCI Folks
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…
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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SRLP spoke up against solitary confinement and limitation on visitation rules at BOC hearing
On Friday, October 16, SRLP staff and members, including India, Natalia, Olympia and Xena, along with our allies such as the Jails Action Coalition, attended a Board of Corrections hearing to speak up against the Department of Correction’s attempt to increase the use of solitary confinement to over 30 days and…
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Show Up For TGNCI People on Monday, October 19
If you’ve been loving on the work of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and wondering how to show your support outside of donations – this coming Monday can be your days to shine! SRLP is deeply involved in two major issues that are opportunities for you to show your support.…