SRLP has free drop-in clinics EVERY THURSDAY from 1-5 PM where you can meet with one of our staff attorneys (Elana Redfield and Pooja Gehi pictured above). Our clinics run from FEBRUARY to OCTOBER and we offer Spanish interpretation. Come by tomorrow and say hi to our Front Desk Angel, Julie! Our office is located at 147 […]
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Monday, July 14: Deadline to Apply for SRLP’s Director of Outreach!
SRLP is accepting applications for the Director of Outreach and Community Engagement until Monday, July 14. We are looking forward to welcoming a new staff member to the SRLP collective! The Sylvia Rivera Law Project is seeking applicants for Director of Outreach & Community Engagement. The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) works to guarantee that all people […]
Meet Emily Juneau, SRLP Intern!
Learn some fun facts about one of our summer interns and check back soon to meet the others! To apply for an SRLP internship visit: http://srlp.org/get-involved/jobs-internships Name, Pronouns, Position and Team at SRLP Emily Juneau, she/her/hers, Legal Intern, Direct Services Team Spring and Summer 2014 What do you do to relax / have fun? I pretend […]
SRLP Wishes Sylvia Rivera a Happy Birthday!
Trans warrior and SRLP’s namesake Sylvia Rivera would have been 63 years old today! I am moved and inspired by the life and length of time Sylvia Rivera dedicated to fermenting revolutionary change and generating self determination. She did this before, during and after the Stonewall rebellion. She co-created Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) after […]
PHOTOS: SRLP at the 10th Annual Trans Day of Action!
History has tried to erase us, but I will not let us be erased! – Jay Toole at TDOA We have been here from the beginning, and we will be here until liberation! – Imani Henry at TDOA I am tired of attacks against black trans women! Not 1 more! – Lourdes Ashley Hunter at […]
SRLP Honors 45 Years of Resistance and Revolution!
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the night Sylvia Rivera and hundreds of other trans and queer people fought back against the police raid at Stonewall. To honor their legacy, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project works to end the discrimination and violence that low-income trans people and trans people of color continue to face at the at […]
TODAY: SRLP’s Pooja Gehi and Angie Cruz interviewed on Democracy Now!
Today, Democracy Now! interviewed SRLP’s Pooja Gehi and Angie Cruz on Medicaid, trans healthcare, the history of the Stonewall riots, Sylvia Rivera’s legacy, and more! Check it out here: http://www.democracynow.org/2014/6/25/trans_healthcare_now_lawsuit_seeks_end Angie and Pooja are in the studio getting ready! SRLP staff attorneys Elana Redfield and Pooja Gehi with Angie Cruz, an SRLP community member and one […]
This Week at SRLP: Jobs, Community Building, and Trans Day of Action!
Hi community! SRLP has a few reminders for you! Wednesday 6/25: Join SRLP for a Trans Day of Action Sign-Making Party! When: Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (iCal) Where: SRLP (Sylvia Rivera Law Project), 147 W 24th St, 5th Floor, New York, NY (See map) Come on over to SRLP to get ready for the 10th […]
BREAKING: SRLP Sues NY State DOH for Medicaid’s Exclusion of Transgender Healthcare
BREAKING: Yesterday, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, the Legal Aid Society, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP filed a federal class action lawsuit against the New York State Department of Health on behalf of two trans women who have been denied medically necessary healthcare coverage because of New York State’s discriminatory and transphobic Medicaid exclusion. Read […]
New prison mail: it takes courage to say “hello” to the voice that is you
Introduction to Lennea Elizabeth Stevens. Lennea plans to submit regularly to the PAC blog, to document and share her experiences as an incarcerated trans woman. In her first post, Lennea also shares some of her experience and thoughts on beginning to discover and come to terms with her inner voice. “Transitioning the Hard Way: […]