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
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.
For The Gworls
Black, trans-led collective curating parties to fundraise money to help Black transgender people pay for their rent, gender-affirming surgeries, smaller co-pays for medicines/doctor’s visits.
Black, trans-led collective curating parties to fundraise money to help Black transgender people pay for their rent, gender-affirming surgeries, smaller co-pays for medicines/doctor’s visits.
For The Gworls are a Black, trans-led collective that curates parties to fundraise money to help Black transgender people pay for their rent, gender-affirming surgeries, smaller co-pays for medicines/doctor’s visits, and travel assistance. Check out their Applications page to see what assistance programs are available.
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Mazzoni Center
Providing sliding scale gender-affirming care, and advising trans/GNC people on name-related changes.
Providing sliding scale gender-affirming care, and advising trans/GNC people on name-related changes.
Mazzoni Center provides sliding scale gender-affirming care to those without insurance or those whose insurance plans do not cover certain services. This page summarizes their gender-affirming care.
Mazzoni Center also advises and informs trans/GNC people on how to address a variety of name-related legal issues. In addition to securing identity documents and records consistent with your identity, they help people who are, or are planning to, transition in the workplace or at school. This page summarizes their name and gender-marker change support.
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.
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.
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 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.