This morning SRLP and our allies showed up at the Department of Health to demand that NY State Commissioner Nirav R. Shaw repeals New York State’s Medicaid regulation excluding transgender people from accessing care. Healthcare for transgender people is not special healthcare. It is healthcare that non-trans people receive every…
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Thousands call on Governor Cuomo and Commissioner Shah to end healthcare discrimination!
Since SRLP launched our healthcare campaign just over a week ago, thousands of people have joined the call to action for safe and affordable healthcare for trans people! Join us by signing the petition and sharing the call to action at http://www.srlp.org/healthcare “Health care for trans folks isn’t special care.…
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Al Jazeera America covers SRLP healthcare campaign
Since SRLP launched our campaign for safe and affordable healthcare in New York nearly 2,000 people have signed the petition calling on Governor Cuomo and NYS Health Com. Shah to repeal Medicaid’s discriminatory regulation that prevents trans and gender non conforming people from accessing healthcare. Thank you for your support! This past…
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PAC Members show support for Chelsea Manning
[hr] [button link=”http://srlp.org/win-for-transgender/” size=”small” color=”silver”]<< Previous entry[/button] [button link=”http://www.srlp.org/category/pac” size=”small” color=”silver”]Return to blog[/button] [button link=”http://srlp.org/lauracampbell-1/” size=”small” color=”silver”]Next entry >>[/button] For background, in 2010 the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks published classified U.S. Army intelligence files determined to have been supplied by former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. Following her arrest, Manning…
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Reflections on new GID policy, from PAC
[hr] [button link=”http://srlp.org/new-gid-policy-for-nys-prisons-yet-healthcare-still-inaccessible/” size=”small” color=”silver”]<< Previous entry[/button] [button link=”http://www.srlp.org/category/pac” size=”small” color=”silver”]Return to blog[/button] [button link=”http://srlp.org/pac-members-show-support-for-chelsea-manning/” size=”small” color=”silver”]Next entry >>[/button] [divider] “A Win For Transgender Prisoners,” by R. Cepeda. There has been a recent victory for transgender prisoners in the New York State Prison system regarding hormone treatment for those with…
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New GID Policy for NYS Prisons, Yet Healthcare Still Inaccessible
[hr] [button link=”http://srlp.org/introducing-the-prisoner-advisory-committee-blog/” size=”small” color=”silver”]<< Previous entry[/button] [button link=”http://www.srlp.org/category/pac” size=”small” color=”silver”]Return to blog[/button] [button link=”http://srlp.org/win-for-transgender/” size=”small” color=”silver”]Next entry >>[/button] At the end of last month, The Private Manning Support Network posted a letter that details Ms. Chelsea Manning’s intentions to fight for hormone replacement therapy (HRT), gender-consistent “real life experience”…
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Introducing the Prisoner Advisory Committee Blog!
[hr] [button link=”http://www.srlp.org/category/pac” size=”small” color=”silver”]Return to blog[/button] [button link=”http://srlp.org/new-gid-policy-for-nys-prisons-yet-healthcare-still-inaccessible/” size=”small” color=”silver”]Next entry >>[/button] The Sylvia Rivera Law Project’s collective model prioritizes the voices of the people most affected by the systems of violence and oppression we fight daily. This model of community involvement led to the creation of our Prisoner…
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SRLP’s Reina Gossett talks to ABC News about queer identity, Sylvia Rivera
SRLP Membership Director Reina Gossett spoke to ABC News about why she identifies as queer. Reina Gossett, a 30-year-old transgender woman who identifies as “queer,” said the term is “political” and has a “legacy of resistance.” “There is a long history of people who identified on the margins of culture,”…
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SRLP Closed for Election Day!
SRLP will be closed on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 in honor of election day. SRLP se cerrará el Martes, 05 de noviembre 2013 en honor del día de las elecciones.
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Alisha Williams passes New York State Bar!
After having passed both New Jersey Pennsylvania bars Alisha Williams, Prisoner Justice Project director, went on to take the New York State bar and found out today that she passed! This is great news for SRLP and our community because it allows Alisha to represent incarcerated members and members of…