Resource Guide
We hope these resources will help address the many needs beyond what holiday gifting can provide.
Location
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- DC
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- Washington
- West Virginia
Peter Cicchino Youth Project
Providing free legal advice, information and representation to low-income LGBT individuals throughout Indiana.Helping with immigration, legal name changes, public assistance, SSI, Medicaid, and representing LGBTQIA youth in criminal court.
Helping with immigration, legal name changes, public assistance, SSI, Medicaid, and representing LGBTQIA youth in criminal court.
The Peter Cicchino Youth Project works to interrupt the cycles of poverty and criminalization that prevent homeless and street-involved youth that identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA ) from living fulfilling lives free from discrimination, abuse, and oppression.
Indiana Legal Services LGBT Project
Providing free legal advice, information and representation to low-income LGBT individuals throughout Indiana.
Providing free legal advice, information and representation to low-income LGBT individuals throughout Indiana.
The LGBT Project provides free legal advice, information and representation to LGBT individuals throughout Indiana. Common issues they help with include name and gender marker changes, insurance coverage of gender-affirming treatment and services, divorce and family recognition, bullying, education and youth issues.
RISE Program @ Los Angeles LGBT Center
Providing case support to Los Angeles County LGBTQ+ youth in foster care.
East Bay Community Law Center Youth Justice
Providing free legal advice and representation to youth with an emphasis on youth who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color.
Providing free legal advice and representation to youth with an emphasis on youth who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color.
The Education Defense and Justice for Youth program works to keep youth – particularly youth who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color – in school and out of the legal system. Their mission is to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline by challenging the marginalization and criminalization of youth in their schools and communities.
They will determine your eligibility for services once you’ve completed an intake assessment. In general, their services are available to youth in grades K-12 who live in or attend school in Alameda County.
East Bay Community Law Center also offers Social Work services. Their social workers provide trauma-informed case management, crisis intervention, and system navigation to clients as they work towards both their legal and non-legal goals. More information here.
Bay Area Legal Aid Youth Justice
Providing free civil legal services to young people 13-26 to prevent justice system entry/reentry.
Providing free civil legal services to young people 13-26 to prevent justice system entry/reentry.
The Youth Justice team provides free civil legal services to young people 13-26 to prevent justice system entry/reentry. Their work is focused on foster care, education, public benefits/SSI, guardianships, immigration, and family law. Complete their online referral form to be connected with legal services.
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Providing direct representation for low-income transgender people and transgender people of color.
Providing direct representation for low-income transgender people and transgender people of color.
Sylvia Rivera Law Project has three projects: Survival & Self-Determination Project, Immigrant Justice Project, and Prisoner Justice Project. If your issue falls under one of these projects, they may be able to help you. If they can’t represent you, they can provide referrals and information on a wide range of issues affecting transgender and gender-nonconforming people.
They also provide two comprehensive guides: How to Legally Change Your Name in New York City, and How to Change Your ID Documents for Trans, Gender Non-Conforming, and Intersex (TGNCI) People.
California Rural Legal Assistance
Providing access to justice for LGBTQ+ people living in rural California through trainings, outreach, advocacy, community leadership and collaborations, and free direct legal assistance.
Providing access to justice for LGBTQ+ people living in rural California through trainings, outreach, advocacy, community leadership and collaborations, and free direct legal assistance.
Established in 2007, the LGBTQ+ Program at CRLA seeks to improve the quality of life and access to justice for LGBTQ+ people living in rural California through trainings, outreach, advocacy, community leadership and collaborations, and free direct legal assistance. They provide legal assistance with name and gender marker corrections, immigration, education, housing, healthcare and public benefits.
LGBTQ+ staff are bilingual in English and Spanish, and interpretation services are available for other languages at no charge.
Lavender Rights Project
Providing free affirming, supportive legal services for Black and Indigenous communities with a focus on uplifting Black trans women and femmes in Washington State.
Providing free affirming, supportive legal services for Black and Indigenous communities with a focus on uplifting Black trans women and femmes in Washington State.
Lavender Rights Project is a Black Trans Femme-led advocacy and legal services organization actively working to center the needs of Black Trans Women and Femmes in all of their legal work. Their new all pro bono legal services program includes direct criminal law representation, free consultations on any legal issue, and legal advocacy support for BIPOC communities. Fill out an intake form here.
FreeState Justice
Providing legal services, referrals, and resources to low-income lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Maryland residents.
Providing legal services, referrals, and resources to low-income lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Maryland residents.
You can request name change and gender marker change services by calling (443) 977-4254 or through this online form.
Whitman-Walker Name and Gender Change
Helping trans and gender-expansive people change legal documents in DC, Maryland and Virginia.
Helping trans and gender-expansive people change legal documents in DC, Maryland and Virginia.
This page offers detailed guides on how to change your name and gender in Maryland and DC in both English and Spanish. Name and Gender Change Clinics are also offered with TransLAW where trained attorneys meet one-on-one with people to provide counseling and assistance with name and gender change processes.
In addition to identity documents, these folks can help with health insurance appeals, work disputes, discrimination, Social Security disability applications and appeals, public benefits appeals (ADAP, Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP/Food Stamps), immigration matters, powers of attorney and wills, elder issues and medical privacy.