Legal and Documents

Legal Resources

Legal organizations and web resources

• Transgender Law Center 

• National Center for Transgender Equality

• HRC Resources on Gender Nonconformity in Children

• Transgender Veterans of America

• Sylvia Rivera Law Project

• Lambda Legal

• The National Lawyers Guild SF chapter

Employment 

• Ab 196: What It Means To You  (employment and housing)

• Know Your Rights Manual for the Transgender Community: Employment

Housing

• Know Your Rights Manual for the Transgender Community: Housing Law

School and education

Police and law enforcement

• Applying For Asylum Based On Gender Identity Persecution

• Know Your Rights Manual for the Transgender Community: Criminal Law

Medical and healthcare

• Medi-Cal and Gender Reassignment Procedures

• The Organizing for Transgender Healthcare: A Guide for Community Clinic Organizing and Advocacy

Immigration

• Immigration Equality

• Know Your Rights Manual for the Transgender Community: Immigration Law

Identity Document Resources
*Some found on John Otto's page

• Dr. Becky's Changing Birth Certificates webpage
  Complete state and province listings. Dr. Becky keeps the website as current possible, but check with your local jurisdiction.

• FAFSA Name Changes

• Changing Social Security Administration Records
  

• Changing or Obtaining a Passport in New Gender
  

• "Understanding the New Passport Gender Change Policy"
  

• "ID Please: A Guide to Changing Your California and Federal Identity Documents to Match Your Gender Identity" HTML PDF
  
  
• Driver's License Policies by State

•  Name change assistance and services

• Legalizing Your Gender