Resource Guide
We hope these resources will help address the many needs beyond what holiday gifting can provide.
Location
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- DC
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- International
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- National
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
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.
Planned Parenthood of Maryland
Providing Gender Affirming Care, including initiating HRT using the informed consent model (no requirement for letters).
Providing Gender Affirming Care, including initiating HRT using the informed consent model (no requirement for letters).
Call to leave a voicemail for Tica, their Trans Care Navigator. Labs called into a lab near you, visits via telehealth, no need to travel.
Oklahomans for Equality Name Change Legal Clinic
Hosting a monthly name change clinic with a focus on folks starting the name change process in Oklahoma.
Hosting a monthly name change clinic with a focus on folks starting the name change process in Oklahoma.
Oklahomans for Equality is hosting a name change clinic focusing on those who are starting the name change process and those interested in doing so soon. Joshua Payton will be the lawyer assisting with the program. No appointment required.
Second Wednesday of every month 5:30-7:30pm.
Oklahomans for Equality Transgender Youth Support Group
Providing free monthly support group for transgender and gender non-conforming youth ages 13-17.
Providing free monthly support group for transgender and gender non-conforming youth ages 13-17.
Support group for transgender and gender non-conforming youth ages 13-17 on the first Wednesday of every month, from 7-9pm. Call or email to join.
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.
Trans Law Help Wisconsin
Providing pro bono legal information and resources to transgender and nonbinary individuals across the state of Wisconsin and beyond.
Providing pro bono legal information and resources to transgender and nonbinary individuals across the state of Wisconsin and beyond.
In addition to their comprehensive Name and Gender Marker Change Guide, Trans Law Help Wisconsin also hosts a quarterly name and gender marker change clinic.
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ACLU of Mississippi LGBTQ+ Justice Project
Providing information and forms on how to update your name and gender marker in the State of Mississippi.
Providing information and forms on how to update your name and gender marker in the State of Mississippi.
If you need additional assistance or information, or would like to attend a quarterly legal clinic for support, reach out to LGBTQ Justice Project Staff Attorney McKenna Raney-Gray.
Contact
Call Staff Attorney McKenna Raney-Gray (601) 354-3408, Ext. 114 or email lgbtq@aclu-ms.org
Trans Maryland T4T Digital Support Group
Providing a free weekly online space for trans Marylanders.
Providing a free weekly online space for trans Marylanders.
T4T (Trans for Trans) is an online space for peer-to-peer support weekly on Wednesdays from 6:30-8pm.
For trans Marylanders 18+. Trans means that the gender assignment when you were born is no longer accurate for you. Nonbinary and agender folks are warmly welcome in this space. These groups will take place online using the Zoom platform (free). To join, complete this intake form.
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Trans Maryland Name Change Program (T4T)
Providing pro bono name change services for trans, non-binary, agender, genderqueer 18+ year-olds in Maryland.
Providing pro bono name change services for trans, non-binary, agender, genderqueer 18+ year-olds in Maryland.
Complete Trans Maryland’s T4T Name Change Intake Form, and someone will reach out to you. All costs are covered for those who cannot afford them. They can also assist you if you are seeking to change your gender marker on one or more documents.
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Projection Affirmation at Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Providing pro bono legal representation for name changes and gender marker amendments in the Kansas City area.
Providing pro bono legal representation for name changes and gender marker amendments in the Kansas City area.
Led by Partner Mary Olson, Project Affirmation is honored to offer pro bono legal representation in actions for name changes and birth certificate gender marker amendments to trans and non-binary folks in the Kansas City area.
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.
CrescentCare and Lagniappe Law Lab
A comprehensive tool helping you understand if you are eligible to change your name and what steps are required to complete the process in Louisiana.
A comprehensive online tool helping trans people understand the name and gender marker change process in Louisiana.
Patient navigators and gender services staff at CrescentCare partnered with Lagniappe Law Lab to create this comprehensive online tool to understand the legal name and gender marker change process in the state of Louisiana.
The DeBrota Law Firm, LLC
Helping trans people in central Indiana get name and gender marker changes on a pro bono and sliding fee basis.
Helping trans people in central Indiana get name and gender marker changes on a pro bono and sliding fee basis.
Amy DeBrota offers pro bono petitions for name and gender marker changes for individuals with a household income of $40,000 or less.
Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois
Providing free life-affirming name change services virtually and in-person across Illinois.
Providing free life-affirming name change services virtually and in-person across Illinois.
To submit an intake form for Name Change Mobilization, visit this page. After you submit an intake form, you will get an email confirmation. They ask you to please allow 25 business days for them to schedule an appointment.
Review their calendar for upcoming Name Change Mobilizations.
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.
Colorado Name Change Project
Supporting name and gender changes through workshops, pro bono legal assistance and microgrants in Colorado.
Supporting name and gender changes through workshops, pro bono legal assistance and microgrants in Colorado.
You’ll find information and forms on how to update your name and gender marker here. To attend a workshop, visit their calendar. To submit an application for a microgrant to help cover costs of your name and gender marker change, visit this page.
Southern Arizona Gender Alliance (SAGA)
Helping trans and gender non-conforming folks with name and gender changes through a partnership with the University of Arizona College of Law.
Helping trans and gender non-conforming folks with name and gender changes through a partnership with the University of Arizona College of Law.
SAGA designed this Name and Gender Change guide to support your process. If you have any questions or run into any obstacles, they invite you to email them.
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund: Name Change Project
Providing pro bono legal name change services to low-income transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary people.
Providing pro bono legal name change services to low-income transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary people.
All initial requests for name change assistance must be submitted via their online intake form.