Check out this groundbreaking report, A Roadmap for Change: Federal Policy Recommendations for Addressing the Criminalization of LGBT People and People with HIV, co-authored by Catherine Hanssens, Aisha-Moodie Millis, Andrea Ritchie, Dean Spade and Urvashi Vaid, with input from more than 50 legal, advocacy and grassroots organizations working on LGBT and…
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TODAY IN NYC: SRLP in Solidarity with Justice for Jane
Join the rally to show your solidarity with a trans youth of color who is currently being held in solitary confinement in an adult prison in Connecticut. As Cece McDonald reminded us on Monday night, there’s no safe prison for trans people because prisons aren’t safe for anyone. But as long as…
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Now Filming at SRLP: Alisha Williams and Laverne Cox in “FREE CeCe: A Documentary”
After an incredible talk with CeCe McDonald, Reina Gossett, and Dean Spade last night, SRLP’s Alisha Williams and Laverne Cox are doing an interview for “FREE CeCe: A Documentary.” Alisha and Laverne will discuss the dangerous and violent realities that trans people, particularly trans women of color, face in prison.…
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TONIGHT: SRLP’s Reina Gossett and Dean Spade with Cece McDonald
Check out this interview with SRLP’s Reina Gossett and join her tonight with Dean Spade and Cece McDonald! Read “NO ONE IS DISPOSABLE: Artist and activist Reina Gossett talks CeCe McDonald, trans liberation, and prison abolition” by Chris Lee at http://www.fvckthemedia.com/issue33/no-one-is Tonight “I Use My Love to Guide Me”: Surviving and Thriving in the…
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CeCe McDonald visits Sylvia Rivera Law Project and introduces the newest edition of our Prisoner Advisory Committee publication In Solidarity!
During CeCe’s recent media tour in New York City she stopped by the office and celebrated the latest version of SRLP’s In Solidarity publication written with and for incarcerated community members here in New York State. This issue features writing by Janet Mock, a 1970 interview between Sylvia Rivera…
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Janet Mock, CeCe McDonald and Rai’vyn Cross visit SRLP!
Today SRLP got a special visit from New Y0rk Times bestselling author Janet Mock, and activists CeCe McDonald and Rai’vyn Cross! It was the first time that Janet had ever met CeCe or Rai’vyn and our office was filled with their amazingness and power. Janet donated Redefining Realness to the…
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Watch Alisha Williams, CeCe McDonald and Laverne Cox on Democracy Now!
This morning SRLP’s Director of Prisoner Justice Alisha Williams joined CeCe McDonald, and Laverne Cox on Democracy Now! to talk about CeCe’s case and the work our communities are doing to end criminalization and create trans liberation! Watch below!