- Justice for Transgender Individuals
Justice for Transgender Individuals
Bet Tzedek is committed to pursuing justice for people of all gender identities and expressions. We leverage our unique legal expertise, extensive pro bono resources, and long-standing partnerships with trusted leaders and organizations in the LGBTQ+ community to support transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals. Bet Tzedek helps members of the transgender community receive access to medical care and coverage; live free from employment discrimination and retaliation; negotiate landlord-tenant disputes, evictions, and denials to housing or shelter; and fight discrimination at school.
Program Services
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Transgender Legal Rights Program
We advocate for gender affirming rights by offering clinics and direct representation to help individuals with health insurance and benefits denials, discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations.
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Legal Clinics
Transgender Legal Name and Gender Marker Change
Bet Tzedek supports transgender and gender non-conforming individuals with updating their legal names and gender markers on identification documents to align with their gender identity. These documents are essential for applying for public benefits, receiving healthcare, starting new jobs, and enrolling in school.
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Our Impact
200+
individuals attended more than 20 free legal name & gender marker change clinics hosted by Bet Tzedek in 2021
100+
legal matters opened in 2021
“From a place of feeling alone, isolated, and desperate, Bet Tzedek’s integrity and caring helped me through.”
Gerri