2012 was an exciting year for all of us involved in SRLP! We provided free, respectful and affirming legal services, advice, and referrals to over 350 community members. We reduced discrimination and violence by reaching over 1,500 service providers, attorneys, judges, students, and activists at 26 trainings and speaking engagements across the country. We also offered 10 community […]
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Exciting Week At SRLP: Life Chances, Pack the Courts and Mailing Party!
Tonight Life Chances: HIV Criminalization and Trans Politics In Conversation with Che Gossett, Dean Spade, Mitchyll Mora, and Sean Strub Hosted by Laverne Cox April 24th, 2013 @ 7pm Leslie Lohman Museum 26 Wooster Street Free https://www.facebook.com/events/514413998623156/ “How can we build real safety in communities and achieve universal access to material well being?” – Dean […]
“Kicked in the Nuts” by Tara Mateik
Tara Mateik “Kicked in the Nuts” 2013 Dimension: 18″ x 24″ Minimum bid: $50 Value: $250 Tara Mateik is a video and performance artist and teaches in the Media Culture Department at CUNY Staten Island. His work has been exhibited at international venues including MOMA PS1 Greater New York Cinema, Dixon Place, and The […]
“Absence and Performance” by Jaime Shearn Coan and Zee Boudreaux
Jaime Shearn Coan and Zee Boudreaux “Absence & Performance” 2013 Medium: Letterpressed poem on hand-dyed indigo and walnut paper Dimensions: 5″ x 7″ Minimum bid: $10 Value: $200 Jaime Shearn Coan’s poems have appeared in several literary journals and his artist book dear someone is distributed through Printed Matter. He has been awarded fellowships […]
House of Bruno hand dyed crystal necklace by Nami Hall
Nami Hall “House of Bruno hand dyed crystal necklace” 2013 Materials: 100% cotton rope, silver, quartz Dimensions: Approx 23″, hangs at approx 10″ Minimum bid: $30 Value: $60 House Of Bruno is a jewelry line inspired by Trapeze; movement through the world at a great height. Handmade by Aerialist, Nami Hall in Brooklyn New York. […]
“Untitled” by Candice Lin
Candice Lin “Untitled” 2013 Materials: Ink on paper Dimensions: 7″ x 10 1/4″ Minimum bid: $50 Value: $800 Candice Lin received her MFA in New Genres at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2004 and her double BA in Visual Arts and Art Semiotics at Brown University in 2001. She has performed, screened and been […]
This Weekend: SRLP Presenting at the Civil Liberties Public Policy Conference!
SRLP collective & staff members Katherine Cross, Reina Gossett and Gabriel Foster will be presenting at the 27th annual CLPP Conference this year! The conference is free and open to the public so if you are in the are come join us! Directions and conference info can be found here Saturday 1:15-2:45pm Queering Reproductive Justice […]
SRLP staff, collective members, community named to Trans 100
The inaugural Trans 100 list was released today, and SRLP was well represented on the list. SRLP staffers Reina Gossett and Ola Osaze and SRLP collective member Katherine Cross were named to the list, as were many past and present SRLP volunteers, interns and collective members. SRLP 10 honoree Janet Mock was also named to […]
APRIL 18// NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION & FILM SCREENING!
Exciting New, SRLP Community! Next week we will be hosting both a new member orientation from 6-7 PM and then a Toilet Training & Discussion with film director, Tara Mateik from 7.15-8PM on the 4th Floor. Both events are free and open to everyone! Light refreshments will be served and metro cards provided. Hope […]
Dare To DREAM Bigger
Pooja Gehi, Director of Immigrant Justice As an attorney at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project I feel an urgent need to reflect upon President Obama’s promise of Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) and what this means for our community. Most of our trans immigrants clients flee their homes in search of safety; most have little […]