Queer & LGBTQIA+ Resources

ACLU

The Rights of Transgender People in Washington State ACLU [1]

• This guide is designed to help transgender individuals understand their legal rights in Washington State. It is not meant to provide legal advice. The current legal system assumes individuals identify as one gender, either male or female. While this guide provides an understanding of the current legal system, the ACLU recognizes that many people do not identify as male or female. A person may identify or express as a specific gender, both genders, or neither gender.

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Know Your Rights: Prisoner’s Rights [2]

• Learn more here about your right to be protected against discrimination and abuse in prison and what to do if your rights are violated. The law is always evolving. If you have access to a prison law library, it is a good idea to research new developments. Includes scenario, “I'm experiencing discrimination or abuse in prison because I’m transgender.”

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Ingersoll Gender Center Guides

• We look forward to a world in which all trans and/or gender diverse folks are able to access resources without worrying about their safety and well-being. We also know that our communities are resilient. Trans and/or gender non- conforming communities have been here since people have been in what we now call Washington state, and we will continue to leverage these resources the best we can to live the lives we deserve to live. We hope you find this guide useful, and that you may see bits of yourself in here. Support is here and available to help you in navigating these resources.

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Third Gender Markers on WA State IDs Community Questions and Answers [3]

• Starting on November 13th, 2019 you will be able to get a Washington State ID or driver’s license with an ‘x’ gender marker. In this instance the Department of Licensing has defined x as ‘neither exclusively male or female.’ FAQs prepared by Ingersoll Gender Center about rule change.

Seattle/King County - Trans Tenants Rights Guide [4]

• This guide is an informational document meant for trans renters in Seattle, WA. It offers specific information and resources for trans folks based on questions and concerns we’ve received around maintaining safe and stable housing. This guide was produced in partnership with The Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections along with support through our work on the Seattle Transgender Economic Empowerment Project funded by the Office of Economic Development.

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Seattle/King County - A Guide to Amending Your Identity Documents in King County [5]

• Having identity documents that reflect and affirm your identity is important. We believe there is no one way to be trans – none or some of your documents may be changed, and they can all be changed by you! This guide is prepared by and for transgender, gender non-conforming, and gender diverse communities for our collective self-determination.

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Seattle/King County - Shelter & Housing Guide: By & for the trans and gender diverse community in Seattle [6]

• Ingersoll’s Economic Justice Fellowship is a program with the overall goal of advancing economic justice for trans and gender diverse communities. Fellows created this guide of housing-based and other holistic resources for our trans and gender diverse communities.

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Gender Affirming Healthcare Guide: Trans and GNC Healthcare Access 2019 [7]

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Health Insurance Explainer Guide: Trans and GNC Healthcare Access 2019 [8]

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Self-Advocacy Guide: Trans and GNC Healthcare Access [9]

• In our 2018 Healthcare Access Survey we found that 56% of our local trans community felt uncomfortable in asking about their rights in their providers office, or are unsure about their rights in a medical setting. We want to support our community in mitigating these issues by providing a self advocacy tool kit in addition to strategies to accessing care, and questions to ask their providers in order to make sure that they are receiving the care that they need & deserve.

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A Vision for Greater Access to Gender Affirming Healthcare [10]

• We believe deeply in building a world where we can all access our collective self determination. Self determination is when we all have a full menu of choices to decide how to live our lives authentically and free from violence. For trans and gender nonconforming communities the right to control our own lives is something that is constantly being taken over, controlled, redirected, and in many cases completely taken away. For us, most of our lives are lived in a constant state of reactivity to the discrimination, fear, and uncertainty of being trans in America; especially in terms of healthcare access. With our Healthcare Access Visioning Project we wanted to be deliberate in highlighting the barriers that trans and gender non conforming folks come up against when just trying to be healthy, and feel at home in their bodies. We are passionate about healthcare and this project because we know that for our communities these are life and death medical decisions. We know that accessing healthcare can be a traumatic experience and we hope this project can outline a future where all trans and gender nonconforming communities have equitable access to the life saving health care they need.

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Pierce County TGNC Resource Guide [11]

• Greetings! This guide was put together through the efforts of Ingersoll Gender Center. We relied on the support of community organizations in Pierce County like the Rainbow Center, Oasis Youth Center, and PCAF throughout the process of building these guides. This guide is meant for trans and/or gender non-conforming folks who are navigating resources in Pierce County. To the best of our ability, we have vetted them to ensure that they are familiar with the trans and gender non-conforming communities. Some of them are used to working with our communities, some have more work to do.

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Thurston County TGNC Resource Guide [12]

• Greetings! This guide was put together through the efforts of Ingersoll Gender Center. We relied on the support of community organizations in Thurston County like Stonewall Youth, Pizza Klatch, and community leaders throughout the process of building these guides. This guide is meant for trans and/or gender non-conforming folks who are navigating resources in Thurston County. We’ve built this guide through surveys, meetings, listening sessions, and community conversations. We recognize that many of the resources listed in this guide are not long term solutions. To the best of our ability, we have vetted them to ensure that they are familiar with the trans and gender non-conforming communities. Some of them are used to working with our communities, some have more work to do.

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Also on Thurston County
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Snohomish TGNC Resource Guide [13]

• Greetings! This guide was put together through the efforts of Ingersoll Gender Center. We also relied on the support of community leaders throughout the process of building these guides. This guide is meant for trans and/or gender non-conforming folks who are navigating resources in Snohomish County. We’ve built this guide through surveys, meetings, listening sessions, and community conversations. We recognize that many of the resources listed in this guide are not long term solutions. To the best of our ability, we have vetted them to ensure that they are familiar with the trans and gender non-conforming communities. Some of them are used to working with our communities, some have more work to do.

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Other Resources

QLaw Foundation

• King County LGBTQ+ Legal Clinic [14]
  • The QLaw Foundation LGBTQ+ Legal Clinic is organized by the QLaw Foundation and is one of the King County Bar Association’s Neighborhood Legal Clinics. The LGBTQ+ Legal Clinic offers a free consultation with a volunteer attorney. Attorneys determine whether the client has a legal problem, suggest possible options, and provide appropriate referrals. These attorneys will not represent you in court.
• King County Family Matters a legal clinic to establish LGBTQ legal parental rights [15]
  • The QLaw Foundation Family Matters Clinic is a full-representation legal clinic that helps LGBTQ families get legal orders affirming their legal parental relationship to the children they are raising. "Full representation" means that client families will be assigned an attorney who will work with them from start to finish.

Also on Legal Assistance and Literature and King County Pages
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Lavender Rights Project - Legal Assistance

• Lavender Rights Project elevates the power, autonomy, and leadership of the Black intersex & gender diverse community through intersectional legal and social services. We utilize the law as an organizing principle to affirm our civil rights and self-determination. Our organization disrupts oppressive systems that target Black gender diverse and intersex communities of color and lead to disproportionate levels of poverty, housing disparities, and gender-based violence, especially among Black and Indigenous people. [16]
• Legal Services [17]
• WA Black Trans Task Force [18]
• Legal Clinics [19]
• Prisoner Name Change Clinics [20]

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