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Sylvia Rivera Law Project
@SRLP
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) works to guarantee that all people are free to determine their gender identity and expression
New York City
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    Sylvia Rivera Law Project
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    Jun 15, 2020
    Today, SCOTUS ruled that “an employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law.” This is a major legal victory. Our fight to create a world without workplace discrimination for trans people, disproportionately trans people of color, goes on.
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    Sylvia Rivera Law Project
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    Jun 5, 2020
    Abolition requires that we build the conditions for resourced communities to thrive without police, incarceration, surveillance, or criminalization.
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    Sylvia Rivera Law Project
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    Jun 2, 2020
    THREAD Huge crowd at #Justice4TonyMcDade #Justice4NinaPop rally happening now at #Stonewall #NYC
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    Sylvia Rivera Law Project
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    Sep 20, 2019
    "I don't know what a world without prisons will look like, but it will fundamentally transform our relationship with other people." ~ @prisonculture medium.com/@icelevel/whos…
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    Sylvia Rivera Law Project
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    Jun 8, 2019
    We are heartbroken and devastated by the passing last night of #LayleenPolanco, who was incarcerated at the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers Island. We will hold space for rage & grief tonight at #BrooklynPride with @BlackTransMedia & @nonewjails_nyc #CloseRikersNOW #NoNewJails
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    Sylvia Rivera Law Project
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    Feb 19, 2020
    Sylvia Rivera passed 18 years ago today, on February 19, 2002. We honor her life, leadership, and commitment to liberation for our communities: trans & gender non-conforming people of color, low-income TGNC people, sex workers, immigrants, incarcerated people, homeless people.
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    Sylvia Rivera Law Project
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    Jan 29, 2020
    "Ky Peterson is a black trans man who was sentenced to 20 years for defending himself against his rapist. After 9 long years, Ky is finally coming home in July of 2020." Ky deserves to be free! Please support or share this fundraiser for his homecoming. gofundme.com/f/ky-peterson0…
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    Sylvia Rivera Law Project
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    Feb 10, 2016
    The Forgotten Ones: Queer and Trans Lives in the Prison System newyorker.com/books/page-tur… via @newyorker
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    Sylvia Rivera Law Project
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    Sep 16, 2019
    We are just learning that a trans woman was found killed in an apartment in the Bronx. She is being misgendered by the @nypost. We believe what we are hearing, and if this is accurate, she would be the 20th Black trans woman murdered in 2019 alone.
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    Sylvia Rivera Law Project
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    Sep 13, 2019
    "Trans people experience constant injustice. Behind bars it can be fatal. It’s on us to make sure no one - not one person - falls through the cracks. We can and we will." out.com/transgender/20…
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    Sylvia Rivera Law Project
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    Apr 2, 2019
    "International Transgender Day of Visibility can serve as a reminder that LGBTQIA+ people are incarcerated at startlingly disproportionate rates." #ChelseaResists allure.com/story/help-inc…
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    Sylvia Rivera Law Project
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    Jan 29, 2017
    Federal court halts Trump’s immigration ban theverge.com/2017/1/28/1442…
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    Sylvia Rivera Law Project
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    Oct 8, 2019
    Today is "first time SCOTUS will hear any case involving transgender rights... This is really huge, not just for the LGBTQ+ community, but for any worker who might not conform to someone else’s idea of how they should express their gender." ~@Lavernecox democracynow.org/2019/10/7/tran…
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    Sylvia Rivera Law Project
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    Jun 26, 2018
    Lawyers demand release of 20 transgender women asylum seekers in ICE custody, via @mic mic.com/articles/18997…