SRLP opposes the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

"...The recent expansion of the federal hates crimes legislation has received extensive praise and celebration by mainstream lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organizations because it purports to “protect” LGBT people from attacks on the basis of their expressed and/or perceived identities for the first time ever on a federal level. The Sylvia Rivera Law Project does not see this as a victory. As an organization that centers racial and economic justice in our work and that understands mass imprisonment as a primary vector of violence in the lives of our constituents, we believe that hate crimes legislation is a counterproductive response to the violence faced by LGBT people..."

Read the full statement HERE

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taken from naomi, who took it from her friend...

I’m Pro Marriage Equality, But Anti-Marriage

"...of course I believe that anyone should be able to marry anyone.

On the other hand, I do sometimes wish that the LGBTQ community and anyone who identifies outside of heteronormativity would have chosen a different fight. Or, perhaps the fight for rights could have been cast in different terms. In other words, there is a part of me that wishes we weren’t fighting for what is at best a limited conception of love and commitment and is at worst a broken institution...." READ MORE!