Gabriel Arkles

Gabriel Arkles is an activist, author, lawyer, and teacher. His scholarship draws on theories and practices of critical race feminism, trans politics, disability justice, and prison abolition to explore state regulation of social hierarchy and violence. His recent work analyzes shortfalls and unintended consequences of the Prison Rape Elimination Act. Currently, he is an Associate Teaching Professor at Northeastern University School of Law, a volunteer with Black and Pink, and a core collective member of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP). Previously he worked as a staff attorney and the Director of Prisoner Justice Initiatives at SRLP, where he provided free legal services to transgender, gender nonconforming, and intersex people in the areas of prisoner rights, public benefits, immigration, and discrimination for six years.