SRLP will be open to the public for drop-in legal services on Thursday, November 8 from 1-5pm. WE CANNOT SEE ANYONE WHO ARRIVES LATER THAN 4 PM BECAUSE WE WILL BE ATTENDING OUR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SHARPLY AT 5PM! SRLP will also be open for drop-in next thursday from 1-5. Next Thursday will be our LAST […]
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SRLP Has No Power, Office Closed
Because of Hurricane Sandy, SRLP has lost power to the office and will be closed until power goes back up. According to the latest reports this will take a few days. Please stay safe and we look forward to seeing everyone when we are back! From Google Translate: Debido a Huracán Sandy, SRLP ha perdido […]
Meet Lorena Borjas, SRLP 10 Honoree
By Stephen Ira Lorena Borjas has years of work trailing behind her like the train of a gown. Work in Queens, in her neighborhood of Jackson Heights, work with the trans folks she calls her chicas, who follow her into Sylvia Rivera Law Project’s intake sessions on Thursdays. I’m often the youngest person in […]
SRLP Closed Tuesday and Wednesday / SRLP CERRADO
SRLP will be closed until we get our power back and until the subways start running. Many of us commute from outer boroughs so we will not be able to get in to work until the trains are working. Everyone stay safe and stay tuned! ___________________________________ SRLP se cerrará hasta que consigamos nuestro poder y […]
Guide For Making Evacuation Shelters Safe for Trans & Gender Non Conforming People
Hurricane Sandy could displace thousands of trans and gender non conforming people on the eastern seaboard. To create safety for our comunity, The National Center for Transgender Equality put together this invaluable resource designed to make evacuation shelters more accessible. Please read and pass the information along! http://transequality.org/Resources/MakingSheltersSafe_Aug2011_FINAL.pdf
SRLP Office Closed Monday 10/29
Dear SRLPers, the office will be closed Monday the 29th because of Hurricane Sandy. Be safe and stay tuned about Tuesday!
COMMUNITY FORUM ON NYPD PATROL GUIDE CHANGES
Want to know more about recent changes to the NYPD’s policies for interactions with transgender & gender non conforming people? Join us for a community forum on October 25th at 7pm! Find out what these changes mean for our community! What: a history of the community organizing and advocacy that has led to this victory […]
Help Raise the Indiegogo Bar!
Thanks to your support SRLP has raised nearly $3,000 since we launched our indiegogo campaign. Today we are hoping to push beyond the 3,000 dollar mark! We only need 10 people to donate 20 dollars each, please consider being one of those ten. And if you can’t donate, please help spread the word! Click here […]
Staking Our Claim: Trans Women’s Literature in the 21st Century
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on October 16, 2012 in Events, News, SRLP 10, SRLP In The Media, SRLP News
Writers Imogen Binnie, Ryka Aoki, Donna Ostrowsky, and Red Durkin will be joined by SRLP staff member Reina Gossett at the historic event Staking Our Claim: Trans Women’s Literature in the 21st Century at Barnard College on Thursday, October 18th. From Barnard Center For Research on Women: As our notions of feminism have evolved […]
SRLP10 Honoree Profile: When Janet Mock talks about Sylvia Rivera on Twitter
SRLP supporter Stephen Ira will be profiling the honorees for SRLP10, this profile of Janet Mock is the first in the series! When Janet Mock talks about Sylvia Rivera on Twitter By Stephen Ira When Janet Mock talks about Sylvia Rivera on Twitter, people ask her who Rivera is. She doesn’t give them context, […]