members work with all oppressed communities in obtaining the shared goal of equality. Members believe that this work will further equality for our community as a whole versus for simply one oppressed group. SRLP maintains an equalized work environment that does not place members in a system of hierarchy. Gabriel Arkles, Pooja Gehi, and Elana Redfield, three lawyers employed by the SRLP, came together and wrote an article entitled "The Role of Lawyers in Trans Liberation: Building a Transformative Movement for Social Change," in which they lay out ways that lawyers can impact the lives of trans folks, especially through legislation. A major theme of this article is that affording LGBTQ+ folks the same rights as heterosexual, cisgender folks is almost as harmful as our current system, since the problems lie within capitalism itself, nor just the difference in rights under capitalism: "A legal strategy that merely extends existing rights and values to include gays, lesbians, bisexual people, and transgender people without looking at the racism, classism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and corruption that maintain capitalism will only protect the structures of empire that oppress poor people and people of color." See also LGBT rights in the United States List of LGBT rights organizations The New York Foundation References External links SRLP homepage Transgender law in the United States Transgender organizations in the United States LGBT organizations based in New York City LGBT political advocacy groups in the United States Non-profit organizations based in New York City Legal advocacy organizations in the United States 2002 in LGBT history 2002 establishments in New York City Organizations established in 2002