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A group of people wearing face masks and holding a sign that reads "Sylvia Rivera Law Project."
Image: Felton Davis, SRLP

The Sylvia Rivera Law Project is founded.

Date: 2002

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Image: Felton Davis, SRLP

Founded by white queer trans attorney Dean Spade, the organization will grow into an collective run "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" (SRLP, n.d.).