Dear Beloved Community, As we approach the end of a decade, we at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project are reflecting on our“What Would be Possible” campaign, as we envision our collective work for trans liberation centered in racial and economic justice and continue our work to uplift and bring visibility to the voices of our Prisoner Advisory Committee (PAC). […]
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SRLP welcomes Lacey Lynch, Director of Development & Finance
Lacey Lynch returns to the SRLP collective in her new role bringing deep experience as a compassionate leader and a fundraiser with bold vision for growing our sustainability. Lacey Lynch, she/her As a native New Yorker and community member who established roots in the South, Lacey saw first-hand how vital obtaining self-affirming IDs are to […]
SRLP Director of Outreach & Community Engagement Kimberly McKenzie Joins BOC Task Force
As announced on October 1, 2019, Sylvia Rivera Law Project’s Director of Outreach & Community Engagement Kimberly McKenzie has been appointed to a new task force on issues faced by transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary people and/or intersex people in New York City jails. NYC Council passed a law requiring the city Board of Correction convene […]
SRLP community members stand up for their right to safe and adequate healthcare
By Sam Barack, SRLP Summer Policy Intern Earlier this summer, the Trump Administration levied yet another attack against the TGNCI (transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex) community by attempting to roll back important nondiscrimination protections for TGNCI people in healthcare. As members of the TGNCI community, we know all too well the ways that harassment, discrimination, and […]
Our existence is resistance! The Sylvia Rivera Law Project at the Translatinx March 2019
By Diana Moreno and Miranda Zapata on Jul 24, 2019 Haga clic aquí para leer esta publicación en español. “At the march, we are fighting for all the people. For those who can go and those who cannot go. For those who were given authorization at work and for those who were not; for those […]
¡Nuestra existencia, es resistencia! El Silvia Rivera Law Project en la Marcha Translatinx 2019
Por Diana Moreno y Miranda Zapata en Jul 24, 2019 Click here to read this post in English. “En la marcha, Estamos luchando por toda la gente, por los que pueden ir y los que no pueden ir. Por aquellos a los que les dieron permiso y por aquellos a los que no; por aquellos […]
Protect Black Trans Women
Photo credit: Vienna Rye @vrye We are deeply saddened by the immeasurable loss of 3 Black transgender sisters coming to our attention over the course of this past weekend. This year, we have lost 5 invaluable voices. Through our heartbreak and fury, we honor the humanity and preciousness of Muhlaysia Booker (23), Claire Legato (21), Michelle Washington (40), […]
“Trans are Beautiful”: loving ourselves
On February 14, 2019 I went to teach my weekly class in the Transgender Housing Unit of RMSC on Rikers. As it was Valentine’s Day, I brought blank cards, colored pencils, and writing prompts so that we could both make cards for the people we love and who love us, and so that we could […]
SRLP Statement on the Passing of GENDA
On Tuesday, January 15, the New York State Senate passed the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) which Governor Cuomo has said he will sign in to law as part of his “Justice Reform” initiative. The Sylvia Rivera Law Project continues to maintain that real justice and protection do not come from prisons or state “protectors,” […]
What else happened when GENDA passed the Senate on Tuesday
Multiple LGBT organizations, including ones who are staffed by and do work for transgender and gender non-conforming people, are celebrating as the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) finally passed the New York Senate. At the same time that GENDA passed, SRLP members had joined with with the Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement (CAIC) to […]