The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) is an organization founded in 2002 by Dean Spade, a fellow trans person. Dean sought to create such an organization as he saw the effect that poverty and over-incarceration had on the low income trans community and their ability to gain treatment and a source of stability. This organization was originally named after Sylvia Ruvera, a veteran of the Stonewall uprisings in 1969. She was a fighter and a voice for the rights of people of color and low income queers and trans people who fought for equality and visibility from the government. Thus this organization seeks to continue her battle and find success in what they have accomplished in today's times.
SRLP became a non-profit organization run collectively by and for low income trans communities and trans communities of color, which provides legal services, public education, and works towards policy change through community organizing. Today the SRLP core collective, composed of staff and board, is always more than 50% people of color and more than 50% transgender.
SRLP now works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence. They seek to increase the political voice and visibility of low-income people and people of color who are transgender, intersex, or gender non-conforming. SRLP works to improve access to respectful and affirming social, health, and legal services for the communities.
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