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SRLP Testimonies on NYS and NYC healthcare: TGNC People in Prisons and Jails Should Not Be Left out of the Healthcare Conversation
By Mik Kinkead, Staff Attorney & Prisoner Justice Project Director on December 12, 2018 in Legal, News, Policy Advocacy, Prisoner Rights Project, SRLP In The Media, SRLP News, SRLP Prisoner Advisory Committee
Since the memo from federal Health and Human Services was leaked last month to the New York Times the issues affecting healthcare for transgender and gender non-conforming people (TGNC people) have been constantly featured in media outlets. What has consistently not been covered, however, are the many ways in which healthcare fails to adequately cover our TGNCI […]
The Trump Memo – What You Need to Know
By Mik Kinkead, Staff Attorney & Prisoner Justice Project Director on October 25, 2018 in Legal, News, SRLP News
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy (@immissmajor): Heard about the latest attack on our community. Remember: we're stronger together. Don't run and hide. We have to be more visible and unified than ever! For more information please attend our Know Your Rights and Organizing Session on Friday, November 2nd from 5:30-7:30pm at SRLP. What happened? On Sunday, the New […]
SRLP's Campaigns are Heating Up!
By Maxwell Scales, Director of Development on June 15, 2018 in News, Newsletter, SRLP News
The weather is heating up and so are the Sylvia Rivera Law Project's campaigns for trans liberation! SRLP is excited to share updates on our work to ensure trans, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGNCI) people have access to healthcare, safety, and freedom from violence. Healthcare Coverage Victory for Non-Binary People Through the work of SRLP […]
"This is My Body, This is My Health" – A Recap of Part 2 of our What's Up with Trans Healthcare? Town Hall Series
By Delilah Seligman, Movement Building Team Intern on March 28, 2018 in Membership, Policy Advocacy, SRLP News
As part of the relaunch of our trans health campaign, our ongoing series of community meetings on transgender healthcare continued on Thursday, March 8, culminating in an evening of conversations around solidarity, accountability, and liberation. During the event, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) collaborated with GMHC, along with various healthcare providers and advocates around […]
Transformation in 2018 and Beyond
By Sasha Alexander, SRLP Director of Membership on January 4, 2018 in Membership, SRLP News
Following a year of continued attacks on our community, we are working to mobilize and build power for trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) folks here in NYC and beyond. Here is a recap of what SRLP's Movement Building Team has been up to recently: Leadership Development and Movement Building Our Trans Healthcare Town Hall, "What's […]
Writing to Folks on the Inside
By Margeaux Biché, Fundraising and Finance Team Intern on December 4, 2017 in Newsletter, SRLP News
"I didn't know I needed community until it was offered to me." – James, member of SRLP's Prisoner Advisory Committee Trans, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGNCI) folks experience significantly increased interaction with police, police violence, and incarceration. This heightened state of policing and discrimination is even more acute for folks who are of color or […]
Celebrating the Prisoner Justice Project's Accomplishments in 2017
By Mik Kinkead, Staff Attorney & Prisoner Justice Project Director on December 4, 2017 in It's War in Here, Legal, Newsletter, Prisoner Rights Project, SRLP News, SRLP Prisoner Advisory Committee
As with all of Sylvia Rivera Law Project's (SRLP) legal work, the Prisoner Justice Project (PJP) seeks to address the immediate needs of our incarcerated community members and connect them with opportunities to engage more fully in our work. Most people initiate contact with PJP in a state of crisis, often reporting physical and sexual […]
Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People Have a #righttoknow Who is Targeting and Policing Us
By Sasha Alexander, SRLP Director of Membership on October 15, 2017 in Membership, News, SRLP News
"I felt liberated and inspired with SRLP, to see people from all walks of life come together to fight for the same cause, for people of color and immigrants to get a bill passed. Pass the Right to Know Act! Today was phenomenal. I have lots of love." – Terri (Movement Building Team member). […]
10 Years Later: SRLP Updates "It's War in Here"
By Mik Kinkead, Staff Attorney & Prisoner Justice Project Director on September 1, 2017 in It's War in Here, Policy Advocacy, Prisoner Rights Project, Publications and Resources, SRLP News, SRLP Prisoner Advisory Committee
In 2007, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project published a report which changed the landscape for LGBT organizing and abolitionist work in the US. It's War in Here, a report on the conditions that transgender women face in men's prisons, forced LGBT activist organizations to take the issues of policing and prisons seriously and forced abolitionists […]
SRLP Mentioned as a Trans Advocacy Group
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on July 31, 2017 in News, SRLP In The Media, SRLP News
In this Teen Vogue article about Caitlyn Jenner's Response to Trump, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project is mentioned as one of several trans advocacy group doing the work to improve the lives of trans people. Read more about this here.