Check out these beautiful photos from last week’s Give OUT Day happy hour with ALP, FIERCE, SAS, and SRLP by FIERCE member Tiph Brown, Nerdscarf Photography! And view more of Tiph’s work at http://nerdscarf.com Thank you all for your support, for donating money to support all of our organizations and our movement’s commitment to queer and […]
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The Brazen Saddles: A Pit Stop Fundraiser for SRLP
Erin Hansen, Nora Hirozawa, Jesse Montgomery, and Max Rivlin-Nadler, otherwise known as the Brazen Saddles, are riding their bikes across the country to raise money for SRLP. A couple weeks ago, they pulled into a truck stop for a much needed water break after several hours of pedaling down Florida’s sun-baked roads. A truck pulled up next […]
We Raised Over $6,000 for SRLP from People Like You!
We did it! Together, we raised $6,378 for trans liberation, prison abolition, and safe, affordable, and accessible healthcare for all! From the nearly 200 people who donated to the countless others who helped us spread the word by sending out emails, posting on Facebook, and tweeting calls for support, we couldn’t have done this without you! THANK […]
SRLP Direct Action Featured on Democracy Now!
Watch this Democracy Now! segment on SRLP’s direct action at Hx Refactored! Listen as SRLP’s Reina Gossett speaks powerfully to the new Department of Health Commissioner Howard Zucker and a crowd of health industry techies to demand an end to NY State’s Medicaid regulation that bars transgender people from accessing basic healthcare. Keep tweeting, signing the petition, and […]
Today is Give OUT Day! Give Love and Donate to SRLP!
I hope you’ll join me in making a donation to SRLP today, on Give OUT Day! But first, I have a confession for you. You may know it by now, but I’m ready to tell the whole world… I have a HUGE crush on SRLP! I first learned about SRLP when I purchased a copy of […]
May 15: SRLP’s Direct Action to Demand an End to Medicaid Ban on Transgender Healthcare
This morning, members of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project participated in a direct action at HX Refactored, a health care conference in New York City, attended by the new NY State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker. We went to stop business as usual at the Department of Health. 16 years of transgender exclusion from medically […]
Join ALP, FIERCE, SAS, and SRLP for #GiveOUTDay Happy Hour on May 15!
SRLP is excited to partner with our comrades in the Miss Major-Jay Toole Building for Social Justice, the Audre Lorde Project, FIERCE, and Streetwise and Safe, to host a Give OUT Day happy hour on May 15! When: Thursday, May 15, 7 PM – 10 PM Where: Franks Lounge, 660 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217 […]
Read SRLP collective member Katherine Cross on trans women, prison, and the limits of tolerance
Read Katherine Cross’s most recent piece on Feministing on Monica Jones, Jane Doe, and the prison industrial complex. From “I Hear Them Breathing: Trans women, prison, and the limits of tolerance:” 2014 has been a decidedly double edged-sword of a year for trans women thus far. “Awareness,” that maddeningly vague but precious resource, has rained upon us […]
Thursday 5/8: SRLP Drop In Hours Are Back!
SRLP’s Thursday drop-in hours will resume their regular schedule today! Come in for a free intake meeting (more information on our services below) and meet with SRLP staff attorneys Pooja Gehi and Elana Redfield. Below, Pooja and Elana are leaving Civil Court after filing names changes for SRLP clients. SRLP has free drop-in clinics EVERY THURSDAY […]
Groundbreaking Report Co-Authored by SRLP Collective Member Dean Spade and Streetwise and Safe Coordinator Andrea Richie
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 criminal justice policy. This report […]