Need a lawyer?
There are many organizations in New York that help LGTBQIA+ people. Some nonprofit organizations offer free legal services for low-income NYers. Nonprofit legal service providers have fairly rigid income-threshold requirements for who they can take on as clients; this relates to their nonprofit status/their organization’s funding eligibility. If you do not qualify as “low income”, you will need to hire a lawyer.
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Free to Be Youth Project, a division of Urban Justice Center, offers free legal representation for LGTBQ+ young people experiencing financial and housing instability.
The Ali Forney Center offers free legal representation for LGTBQ+ young people experiencing financial and housing instability.
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The Sylvia Rivera Law Project offers legal representation to low-income trans people and trans people of color.
The Chosen Family Law Center offers legal representation to LGTBQIA+, polyamorous, and chosen family communities in NY.
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The National LGTBQ Bar Association has a comprehensive list of family lawyers by state.