April 17, 2013

getting excited 4 the best art event of the year!

May 18th // Sylvia Rivera Law Project Collective // Judson Memorial

8th ANNUAL SMALL WORKS for BIG CHANGE!

Venue: Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square S., NYC *Wheelchair accessible*

Featuring:
MC’d by Chanel International
Music by DJ Tikka Masala
Fabulous art (see list below)
Fantastic raffle prizes – 16GB Ipod Touch from Tekserve, a gift certificate for 10 joe coffee beverages,  Amy Ray concert tickets & a $500 publicity package courtesy of Riot Grrrl Ink, event tickets from La Mama Experimental Theatre, and books from NYU Press!

more info here

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Filed under: Sylvia Rivera sylvia rivera law project small works for big change judson memorial church judson memorial 
March 14, 2013
Our Truth, Our Time

A few years ago the NYPD spokesperson Paul Browne lied and said I was the cause of police violence that ended the Sylvia Rivera Law Project five year anniversary celebration.  It wasn’t true on any level but it was yet another chance to watch how the NYPD lies to cover its own violence.

A few nights ago he lied again and said that Kimani Gray was the cause of his own death by the hands of the NYPD.  That’s not true on any level and our communities are calling it out.

He’s the go to guy for NYPD lies about ourselves in order to sell the control of our lives and the delivery of our deaths. And we don’t believe him. 

We don’t believe in what the NYPD says about themselves so why would we believe in what it says it will do for us? Or about who we are? Or about why Kimani Gray was shot in the back many times over.

We’ve stopped believing in authority & resumed believing in each other.  

We are the message!

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Filed under: NYPD kimani gray paul browne sylvia rivera law project FIERCE 
January 8, 2013
Marsha P Johnson Film Screening & New Member Orientation at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project next Thursday at 6PM! Food & metrocards will be available as well as Spanish interpretation for the new member orientation. SRLP is located at 147 West 24th Street, 5th Floor.  Our building has an elevator.  For more on access information or to RSVP email reina@srlp.org

Marsha P Johnson Film Screening & New Member Orientation at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project next Thursday at 6PM!

Food & metrocards will be available as well as Spanish interpretation for the new member orientation. SRLP is located at 147 West 24th Street, 5th Floor.  Our building has an elevator.  For more on access information or to RSVP email reina@srlp.org

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Filed under: sylvia rivera sylvia rivera law project srlp trans trans activism marsha p johnson Marsha P. Johnson Pay It No Mind 
December 5, 2012
Debating 'Gender Identity Disorder' and Justice for Trans People

My brilliant friend Chase Strangio wrote a really great piece in the Huffington Post on the underlying anti-mental illness/anti-crazy tone of the movement to get GID or GD out of the DSM, and the effects that has on low income, disabled and people of color who are TGNC!  Click the link to read!

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Filed under: DSM-V Chase Strangio Huffington Post Gender Dysphoria Gender Identity Disorder APA sylvia rivera law project transgender trans people of color trans women trans women of color 
October 18, 2012
Janet Mock, SRLP10 Honoree!  To read her full profile by Stephen Ira and support the SRLP10 click here!

Janet Mock, SRLP10 Honoree!  To read her full profile by Stephen Ira and support the SRLP10 click here!

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Filed under: janet mock stephen ira sylvia rivera sylvia rivera law project srlp10 trans writers trans activists trans activism transgender 
October 8, 2012

HELP the Sylvia Rivera Law Project RAISE $15,000 BY NOVEMBER 8TH!

The SRLP 10 Indiegogo Campaignis a month-long fund-raising drive leading up to our 10th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, November 8 @ 1199 SEIU, NYC. This is your opportunity to support the Sylvia Rivera Law Project’s important work of increasing the political voice and visibility of low-income people and people of color who are transgender, intersex, or gender non-conforming

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Filed under: transgender sylvia rivera sylvia rivera law project SRLP10 SRLP janet mock stefanie rivera lorena borjas collette carter kris hayashi Dean Spade mc d'lo ab soto m.lamar malik gaines diana taylor chanel dj ushka dj nopales 
September 30, 2012

i was finally able to upload this beautifully shot video of SRLP’s teach in at Zucotti Park.  it starts at the 50 second mark with Kazembe Balagun, followed by Carlos Motta (who did translation), Pooja Gehi, myself, Naomi Clark & Jeannine Tang.

this was one of the first moments i felt part of trans & gender non conforming people taking up space at the park with our bodies and our legacies.  right now i’m wondering about how these creative tensions are held within different movement, artistic and personal relationships one year later. 

thanks to Jonah Groeneboer for filming and MPA for recording the audio!  thanks to everyone who came and held signs and translated and human microphoned, and filled wall street with the some of the best light its had since the Dutch came and built the wall.

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Filed under: Marsha P. Johnson OWS OWS Arts & Labor Pooja Gehi SRLP Sylvia Rivera arts and activism gender self determination jeannine tang kazembe balagun marsha p johnson naomi clark reina gossett reina july s.t.a.r. street transvestite action revolutionaries sylvia rivera law project zucotti park carlos motta 
September 18, 2012
Two big events happening at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project this Thursday! We’re introducing a new way to become involved: Membership! Join us this Thursday at 5:30 to learn more about becoming a member.  And then stay for our screening of OUT RAGE ‘69, a fabulous documentary featuring Sylvia Rivera! Our address: 147 West 24th Street, 5th Floor. New York, NY We’re located at the 1/C/E/F/M/N/R 23rd Street stop. free metrocards & snacks! — Out Rage ‘69 a video from the KQED four part documentary “The Question of Equality.” This important movie tells our story upfront and out-front through interviews and archival footage. Outrage ‘69 speaks from within and without our movement with issues ranging from the multi-issue Gay Liberation Front, the split and the forming of the GAA by those interested in a predominately white single issue movement, Sylvia Rivera’s response to the denouncing of drag queens at the 1973 PRIDE, the founding of the NGTF, a discussion of White Power within the GAA and much more.

Two big events happening at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project this Thursday!

We’re introducing a new way to become involved: Membership!

Join us this Thursday at 5:30 to learn more about becoming a member.  And then stay for our screening of OUT RAGE ‘69, a fabulous documentary featuring Sylvia Rivera!

Our address: 147 West 24th Street, 5th Floor. New York, NY

We’re located at the 1/C/E/F/M/N/R 23rd Street stop.

free metrocards & snacks!

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Out Rage ‘69 a video from the KQED four part documentary “The Question of Equality.” This important movie tells our story upfront and out-front through interviews and archival footage. Outrage ‘69 speaks from within and without our movement with issues ranging from the multi-issue Gay Liberation Front, the split and the forming of the GAA by those interested in a predominately white single issue movement, Sylvia Rivera’s response to the denouncing of drag queens at the 1973 PRIDE, the founding of the NGTF, a discussion of White Power within the GAA and much more.

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Filed under: sylvia rivera law project Sylvia Rivera transgender trans* trans activism 
August 27, 2012
Sylvia Rivera Law Project 10 Year Anniversary Celebration! 11-8-2012 Save the date, because you won’t want to miss this one!!

Sylvia Rivera Law Project 10 Year Anniversary Celebration!

11-8-2012

Save the date, because you won’t want to miss this one!!

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Filed under: Sylvia Rivera sylvia rivera law project 
August 22, 2012
Sylvia Rivera Law Project Looking For Fundraising Volunteers!

Come support an amazing organization!! And help organize our 10 year anniversary!  This is a great opportunity for folks who want to learn how to help generate resources for a progressive organization that increases the political voice and visibility of low-income people and people of color who are transgender, intersex, or gender non-conforming. 

Plus we’d get to hang out and talk about GENDER FABULOUS FALL FASHION, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, China Mieville, Octavia Butler and other science fiction amazingness. (optional but strongly suggested).

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Filed under: sylvia rivera law project trans* trans transgender trans women trans men transmen transwomen mtf ftm genderqueer battlestar galactica