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RESOURCES & ORGANIZATIONS Sylvia Rivera Law Project, New York, NY — The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) works to guaranteethat all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, andwithout facing harassment, discrimination, or violence. SRLP is a collective organization founded on theunderstanding that gender self-determination is inextricably intertwined with racial, social and economic justice.Therefore, we seek to increase the political voice and visibility of low-income people of color who aretransgender, intersex, or gender non-conforming. SRLP works to improve access to respectful and affirmingsocial, health, and legal services for our communities. We believe that in order to create meaningful politicalparticipation and leadership, we must have access to basic means of survival and safety from violence.For more information, go to: http://www.srlp.orgToilet Training is a documentary video and collaboration between transgender videomaker Tara Mateik and theSylvia Rivera Law Project, an organization dedicated to ending poverty and gender identity discrimination. Thevideo addresses the persistent discrimination, harassment, and violence that people who transgress gendernorms face in gender segregated bathrooms. Using the stories of people who have been harassed, arrested orbeaten for trying to use bathrooms, Toilet Training focuses on bathroom access in public space, in schools, andat work. Includes discussion of legal questions of equal access; the health effects associated with "holding it";and the social consequences of experiencing pervasive discrimination in bathrooms and other gendered spaces.Interviews with lawyers, social workers and activists explore current law and policy, and highlight recent andfuture policy changes necessary to enable equal bathroom access for all. Concluding with examples ofpolicy change, Toilet Training provides a necessary foundation to public education and organizing to addressthis overlooked issue. This race, age, ability and gender diverse video is a great activist tool for those who wantto struggle for gender self-determination and bathroom liberation for all people starting with local communitiesand institutions. Toilet Training is also an excellent classroom resource. Appropriate for undergraduate andgraduate classes in Women's Studies, Gender Studies, LGBT Studies, Disability Studies, Law, Social Work andEducation. Comes with a companion toolkit full of useful facts and talking points about trans equality andbathroom access. Transgender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project, Oakland, CA — The TGI JusticeProject's (TGIJP) mission is to challenge and end the human rights abuses committed against transgender,gender variant/genderqueer and intersex (TGI) people in California prisons and beyond. Because of theprofound and complex impact the prison industrial complex has had on the disabled, poor communities, communitiesof color and TGI communities, TGIJP operates at the intersections of race, gender, sex, class, sexualorientation, intersexuality, and ability, among others. In doing this work, TGIJP prioritizes and centralizes thewisdom and leadership of TGI prisoners and former prisoners. For more information, go to: http://www.tgijp.org/ Young Women's Empowerment Project, Chicago, IL — Our mission as the Young Women’sEmpowerment Project is to offer safe, respectful, free-of-judgment spaces for girls and young women impactedby the sex trade and street economies to recognize their goals, dreams and desires. We are run by girls andwomen with life experience in the sex trade and street economies. We are a youth leadership organizationgrounded in harm reduction and social justice organizing by and for girls and young women (ages 12-23)impacted by the sex trade and street economies. For more information, go to: http://www.youarepriceless.orgPlease visit www.incite-national.org for more info! P. 114