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 […]
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Should George W. Bush be in prison?
During the last week, I have been hearing reflections in the media and at community events about the Iraq war as we mark its 10th anniversary. For ten years, we have been witnessing devastation from US military intervention that has included enormous death and destruction, blatant and outrageous war profiteering and torture, and we have […]
Trans Friendly Bathroom Victory!
At at time when criminalization of trans people, particularly low income, disabled, immigrant and/or trans people of color has been increasing, we are excited to learn of a bathroom victory at a high school in Portland, Oregon. Trans students and allies at the Grant High School have organized to create six new all gender bathrooms […]
Support Needed: People Arrested at Kimani Grey Vigil
from FIERCE: The NYPD has declared a portion of Flatbush a “Frozen Zone”, meaning media are not allowed in and people can be subjected to arrest for not following police orders. It basically means the area is under temporary martial law. The last times the NYPD declared a Frozen Zone was on the 10th anniversary […]
Support SRLP’s work to ensure medicaid healthcare coverage for transgender new yorkers !
The regulation that excludes transition related healthcare from coverage in New York is up for re-authorization. SRLP is working hard to make sure that it is repealed so that all trans medicaid consumers in New York can access the healthcare coverage that they need. Please join us by signing this letter and sending it to […]
SRLP gets mentioned in Yahoo news!
Still a relevant resource! Toilet Training gets a shout out in Yahoo news! http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/transgender-girl-s-parents-sue-for-her-right-to-use-the-bathroom-201415013.html And if you’re interested in purchasing your own copy, orders can be made here: http://srlp.org/get-involved/merchandise/
SRLP In Solidarity 2013
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Gun Control, Surveillance and Trans Resistance
In the wake of incidents like the Virginia Tech and Newtown shootings, we often hear calls for increased surveillance and involuntary treatment of people with mental illness, and general calls to further lock down our school and other public institutions. This is not surprising–for decades we have been told that locking more people up and building more walls […]
Antony Hegarty Donates Auction Proceeds to SRLP
We wish to express deep gratitude to friend of Sylvia Rivera Law Project Antony Hegarty. Antony will donate the proceeds from a Ten Thousand Things jewelry auction to SRLP. The current issue of V Magazine features both a portrait of Antony taken by Inez and Vinoodh as well as the Ten Thousand Things ring, […]
SRLP Listed As Among Top 19 Biggest Impact National Non Profits
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project is pleased to announce that we were listed as among the top 19 national non profits “advancing the equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals and supporting the issues that the LGBT community tackles—including discriminatory policies, violence against members of the community, and improving the health and […]