SRLP is honored to share the following essay written by Brooke during our recent class at the Transgender Housing Unit of the NYC jails. This is a unit within the Rose M. Singer Women’s Jail which specifically houses transgender women. As it was SRLP’s first class since the THU moved from a men’s jail to […]
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Egypt Rochelle Dior Joins SRLP as Movement Building Team Intern
SRLP welcomes Egypt Rochelle Dior, our new Movement Building Team intern. Egypt Rochelle Dior was born on September 6, 1982. As a product of Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, her survival skills were inevitable…as an ex-gang member and a Transwoman of color, her survival are constantly tested. Egypt is a member and current intern at the Sylvia […]
Last Walk-in Legal Intake for 2018: November 1st ¡La última clínica legal de 2018: 1 de noviembre!
Dear all, SRLP has free legal intake every Thursday from 1:30 – 4:30 pm for a variety of legal issues for the transgender, gender non-conforming and intersex community who are low-income and/or people of color. Please be advised, the last day of legal intake for the year will be November 1, 2018. There will be […]
NYC City Council Passes Changes to NYC Birth Certificate Regulation
This summer, New York City has joined the growing number of states and cities that are creating a third gender marker for individuals who do not identify as either male or female. The proposed law, which passed the subcommittee on September 9, 2018, would create a third non-binary gender marker—an “X”—for New York City birth […]
SRLP PAC Member Isabella Adler Shares Her Tips For Surviving In Prison as a Trans Woman
For the past two years, Prisoner Advisory Committee member Isabella Adler has been sharing her tips on surviving in prison as a trans woman with SRLP. With the help of Maya Martin-Udry and Nadja Eisenberg-Guyot SRLP was able to combine her tips into a brochure that can be shared anywhere. SRLP shares this guide as […]
The Fight to Make Medicaid Accessible to TGNC People Continues!
As many SRLP supporters and members know, all transgender and gender non-conforming people in New York State won a huge victory in 2016 for inclusive healthcare when Judge Jed S. Rakoff ruled in our favor in the federal class-action Cruz v. Zucker, which was brought in partnership with the Legal Aid Society and Willkie Farr & […]
Visiting Attica: SRLP attempts to break barriers for our incarcerated loved ones
I visited Attica Correctional Facility on July 12, a hot day even for Western New York. Despite how many times I have seen images of Attica Correctional Facility, the first time approaching it was startling. The facade is a huge wall that wraps around the entire complex almost like a child’s drawing of a castle. […]
Happy Birthday Sylvia and Marsha
On June 26th, SRLP’s Movement Building Team and GMHC co-hosted the 4th annual ceremony and celebration for Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, Happy Birthday, Sylvia and Marsha. Cecilia Gentili, Director of Policy for GMHC, opened the event, which was held at the Christopher Street Pier, by stating: “This is our space and it’s time […]
SRLP’s Campaigns are Heating Up!
The weather is heating up and so are the Sylvia Rivera Law Project’s campaigns for trans liberation! SRLP is excited to share updates on our work to ensure trans, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGNCI) people have access to healthcare, safety, and freedom from violence. Healthcare Coverage Victory for Non-Binary People Through the work of SRLP […]
Mobilizing for Workers Rights, Trans Liberation, and Immigrant Justice
On April 24th, a week before May Day, SRLP’s Movement Building Team (MBT) core members engaged in a dialogue around the intersections of immigrant justice and trans justice. We delved into issues around economic justice and access to benefits, the trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) community’s lack of access to employment when fighting for workers’ […]