Transgender Legal People Resources
- BERGSTEDT WOLFF, PS, Attorneys at Law
- 3400 188th St. SW Suite 695
Lynnwood, WA 98037
Phone: 425-673-1610
Fax: 425-673-2908
Email: spencer@bergstedtwolff.com
Web Site: http://www.bergstedtwolff.com/
Last Update: 4/29/2007
Spencer Bergstedt is a Seattle attorney, author of two books on transgender legal issues, one for MTF's and one for FTM's.
- Chris Daley
- 870 Market St. Suite 570
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415-392-6257
Email: daley@nclrights.org
Web Site: http://www.nclrights.org/
Last Update: 8/29/2001
Co-ordinator of the Transgender Law Project at the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR).
- Karen Doering, Esq.
- Equality Florida 1222 S. Dale Mabry, #652
Tampla, FL 33629
Phone: 813-870-3735
Fax: 813-870-1499
Email: karen@eqfl.org
Web Site: http://www.eqfl.org
Last Update: 11/18/2002
Karen is the legal/discrimination contact at Equality Florida and works with the National Center for Lesbian Rights. She was recently part of the legal team for Michael Kantaras in a trans
custody case.
- Phyllis Randolph Frye, Esq.
- Houston, TX
Email: PRFrye@aol.com
Web Site: http://www.TRANSGENDERLEGAL.com
Last Update: 04/01/2001
Esquire, maintains site, TRANSGENDER LEGAL.
- GLAD Lawyer Referral Service, (Northeast area of US)
- 294 Washington Street, Suite 740
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-426-1350
Web Site: http://www.glad.org/
Last Update: 11/14/2001
Attorneys experienced in sexual orientation, gender or HIV-related legal work and sensitive to the needs of lgbt and HIV-positive clients can sign up to receive referrals through GLAD's legal
information hotline. For details, contact Andrea Hildebran, Public Education Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders.
- Kristine W. Holt, Attorney at Law
- 1237 Haddonfield-Berlin Road
Voorhees, NJ 08043
Phone: 856-719-0909
Email: info@holtesq.com
Web Site: http://www.holtesq.com
Last Update: 04/01/2001
Transgender Law: Employment problems, discrimination, harassment, marriage, separation and
divorce, child custody and visitation, medical and insurance problems, name change and
identification
- Kate Kendall, Executive Director
- 870 Market St. Suite 570
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415-392-6257
Email: Kendall@nclrights.org
Web Site: http://www.NCLRights.org
Last Update: 04/01/2001
Kate Kendell is an adjunct professor at Hastings College of Law and Boalt Hall School of Law
UC Berkeley where she teaches sexual orientation and the law. She also teaches legal ethics at
the New College School of Law.
- Alyson D. Meiselman, Attorney at Law
- 14400 Lake Winds Way
North Potomac, MD 20878
Phone: 301-424-9314
Fax: 301-424-9314
Email: famlaw@his.com
Web Site: http://meiselmanlaw.lawoffice.com
Last Update: 04/01/2001
Transgender law, family law, custody for transgender persons.
- Shannon Minter, Legal Director (NCLR)
- 870 Market St. Suite 570
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415-392-6257
Email: Minter@nclrights.org
Web Site: http://www.NCLRights.org
Last Update: 11/15/2002
NCLR Legal Director Shannon Minter oversees NCLR's legal program. He joined NCLR in 1993,
when he received an Equal Justice Fellowship from the National Association of Public Interest Law
to initiate the first nationwide legal program for LGBT youth at NCLR. Minter has litigated cases
that have set important new precedents in family, youth, domestic partnership, marriage, immigration,
and transgender rights. He has also authored numerous publications on legal and policy issues affecting
LGBT people and is recognized as a national legal expert on these issues. Minter has served as an adjunct
professor or lecturer at a number of law schools, including Stanford University School of Law, Golden Gate
Law School, and Santa Clara Law School. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Horizons Foundation
in San Francisco, and on the International Advisory Board of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights
Commission. Minter received a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1983, completed four years of
graduate study in English and American literature on a Mellon fellowship at Cornell University, and worked as
a researcher and editorial assistant for Henry Louis Gates, Jr. at the African-American Fiction and Periodical
Project at Cornell. Minter received a J.D. from Cornell Law School in 1993.
- Lake James H. Perriguey, Attorney at Law
- Law Works LLC
618 NW Glisan St., Ste 203
Portland, OR 97209
Phone: 503-803-5184
Fax: 503-803-5187
Email: lake@law-works.com
Web Site: http://www.law-works.com
Last Update: 11/24/2007
Lake's practice includes personal injury, civil rights law, intellectual property,
will and estates, landlord/tenant, criminal defense, domestic relations and business law.
- Melinda M. Whiteway, Attorney at Law
- 1966 Tice Valley Boulevard Suite 241
Walnut Creek, CA 94595
Phone: 925-932-5333
Email: MelindaMW@aol.com
Web Site: http://firms.findlaw.com/MelindaMW/practices.htm
Last Update: 04/01/2001
In addition to general legal services and counseling, we specialize in documentation issues for
transgender clients and personal injury litigation.
Transgender Legal Organization Resources
- Gender Law (Transgender Law and Policy)
- Web Site: http://www.genderlaw.org/
Last Update: 05/19/2001
Resource by Paisley Currah, the Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF). A comprehensive transgender legal resource, providing up-to-date publications, cases,
briefs and newstories on transgender legal issues.
- Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
- 919 18th St, NW Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-628-4160
Fax: 202-347-5323
Email: hrc@hrc.org
Web Site: http://www.hrc.org
Last Update: 04/15/2001
HRC provides a national voice on gay and lesbian issues. The Human Rights Campaign
effectively lobbies Congress; mobilizes grassroots action in diverse communities; invests
strategically to elect a fair-minded Congress; and increases public understanding through
innovative education and communication strategies.
- It's Time, Oregon! (ITO)
- Portland, OR
Email: itstime@itstime.org
Web Site: http://www.itstime.org
Last Update: 04/25/2001
ITO is a gender advocacy and educational organization on the west coast of the United States
of America. We are a chapter of It's Time, America! (ITA), the first nationally-organized grassroots
civil rights group seeking to secure and safeguard the rights of all transgendered
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- 870 Market St. Suite 570
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415-392-6257
Email: info@nclrights.org
Web Site: http://www.NCLRights.org
Last Update: 04/01/2001
A national non-profit legal organization that advocates for LGBT people through impact litigation
and public policy advocacy.
- Oregon State Bar Referral Service
- 5200 SW Meadows Avenue
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
Phone: 800-452-7636 (in Oregon only)
Phone 2: 503-684-3763
Last Update: 05/29/2001
Offers referrals to lawyers in Oregon. You can specifically ask for one with LGBT experience.
- Student Organizations, Willamette University College of Law (WiLLO)
- Web Site: http://www.willamette.edu/~dcameron/studorgs.html
Last Update: 04/28/2001
Willamette Lambda Legal Organization provides a forum for discussing gay, lesbian, bisexual,
and transgender legal issues and provides a safe place to socialize, support one another and work
together for success.
Everyone associated with WUCL is invited to participate in WiLLO. However, participants are
expected to respect the basic tenets of the organization which are that all gay, lesbian, bisexual,
and transgender people should receive the same basic rights accorded heterosexuals and that all
people should be judged by their individual character, not their sexual orientation.
- Transgender Law and Policy Institute
- Email: info@transgenderlaw.org
Web Site: http://www.transgenderlaw.org/
Last Update: 07/31/2001
The Transgender Law and Policy Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging in effective advocacy for transgender people in our society. The TLPI brings experts together to work
on law and policy initiatives designed to advance transgender equality, makes freely available litigation, legislative, and education advocacy materials for use by other advocates for transgender
people, believes that working in coalitions gives transgender people the strongest possible base from which to advocate for change.
- TRANSGENDERLEGAL, (Phyllis R. Frye's)
- Houston, TX
Web Site: http://www.transgenderlegal.com/
Last Update: 04/28/2001
TRANSGENDERLEGAL is the official web site for Phyllis Randolph Frye, Esq., of Houston,
Texas, USA. This site inlcudes most of the two-plus decades of her writings and other items that
she has produced in her quest for individual freedom and for freedom of her people.
Transgender Legal Publication Resources
- Case 85030: Estate of Marshall G. Gardner
- Web Site: http://www.kscourts.org/kscases/ctapp/2001/20010511/85030.htm
Last Update: 05/11/2001
Kansas Court of Appeals just issued a great decision in
the J'Noel Gardiner marriage case in Kansas. (From the Kansas Court of Appeals, dated May 11, 2001.) This is a ruling on whether Marshall's marriage to J'Noel, a transsexual, meets the states
criteria and therefore entitles her to her husband's estate as an heir.
- The Gender Caste System, by Jillian T. Weiss
- Web Site: http://hometown.aol.com/jtweissny/tulane.htm
Last Update: 05/11/2001
Full Title: The Gender Caste System: Identity, Privacy and Heteronormativity. Speaks on the complex issues
of changing sex on our government documents.
- Overview of Selected Legal Issues for Transgendered/Transsexuals, By Shannon Minter (Minter@nclrights.org)
- Web Site: http://www.nclrights.org/publications/pubs_tgclients.html
Last Update: 04/25/2001
Covers employment discrimination, marriage, child custody, health care, prison, hate crimes.
Shannon Minter is Staff Attorney, National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA (©1997,
1998)
- Sexual Identity of 37 children raised by homosexual or transsexual parents, by R[ichard] Green
- Last Update: 04/25/2001
Article appearing in the American Journal of Psychiatry, June 1978 (135:692-697)
The author reports on 37 children who are being raised by female homosexuals or by parents who
have changed sex (transsexuals): 21 by female homosexuals, 7 by male-to-female transsexuals,
and 9 by female-to-male transsexuals. The children range in age from 3 to 20 years (mean = 9.3)
and have lived in the sexually atypical households for 1- 16 years (mean = 4.9). Thirty-six of the
children report or recall childhood toy, game, clothing, and peer group preferences that are typical
for their sex. The 13 older children who report erotic fantasies or overt sexual behaviors are all
heterosexually oriented.
{You will likely only find this article through your local library.
In Portland, OR, the Multnomah County Library, Central Branch does have this article on microfilm:
746.00 American Journal of Psychiatry, 1978 1-12 (issues).
The article is in microfilm issue number 135-6.}
- Transgendered Persons and Marriage: The Importance of Legal Planning, by Shannon
Minter (NCLR)
- Email: Minter@nclrights.org
Web Site: http://www.nclrights.org/publications/pubs_tgmarriage.html
Last Update: 5/5/2002
"Transgendered people face unique legal issues with regard to marriage. Although marriage is not yet a legal option for lesbian, gay or bisexual people in any state, it is already an option --
and a reality -- for many who are transgendered. This article summarizes the legal issues surrounding marriage for transgendered people and suggests some ways that transgendered persons
can protect their marital relationships."
(Also available from http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/polisci/pcurrah/genderlaw/transmarriage.htm)
- Transgender Equality: A Handbook for Activists and Policy Makers
- Web Site: http://www.nclrights.org/publications/pubs_tghandbook.html
Last Update: 04/26/2001
Contents listing of article at the National Center for Lesbian Rights web site, available as a
downloadable Adobe Acrobat file. Contains definitions, talking points, etc.
{Size of downloadablePDF document - 488KB}
- Transsexualism: The Current Medical Viewpoint
- Email: editor@pfc.org.uk
Web Site: http://www.pfc.org.uk/medical/mediview.htm
Last Update: 05/14/2001
{from the Press For Change web site} A concise, well-written document used for legal proceedings in the UK, covering definitions, standards of care, etc.
- Transsexuality of Parent as Factor in Custody Determination
- Web Site: http://www.susans.org/reference/gfam8.html
Last Update: 04/22/2001
Author unknown -- A good document addressing the issue of how courts may or may not use
the transsexuality of a parent in awarding child custody and visitation rights. Covers the legal
aspects of defining transsexuality, the recognition by the professional field of GID diagnosis and
what impact that may or may not have on a parent's ability to care for a child.
LGBT Legal Organization Resources
- The Center For Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights
- 1211 Chestnut Street, Suite 605
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-731-1447
Fax: 215-731-1544
Email: 4crinfo@center4civilrights.org
Web Site: http://www.center4civilrights.org/i
Last Update: 6/5/2002
Advocating equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in Pennsylvannia through direct legal services, education and policy reform.
- GayLawNet Directory of Legal Resources
- Web Site: http://www.gaylawnet.com/
Last Update: 05/19/2001
Resource information includes listings for lawyers and case law references.
- Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
- 294 Washington Street, Suite 740
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: 617-426-1350
Email: gladlaw@glad.org
Web Site: http://www.glad.org/
Last Update: 11/14/2001
New England's leading legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status and gender identity and expression.
- GLBT Legal Services and Resources
- Web Site: http://www.hrc.org/worknet/publications/legal2.asp
Last Update: 08/06/2001
A compilation of LGBT-supportive legal resources listed by state, through the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).
- Kink Aware Professionals (KAP)
- Web Site: http://www.bannon.com/kap/index.htm
Last Update: 05/07/2001
The resource for people who are seeking psychotherapeutic, medical, dental, complementary
healing, legal, financial, and computer professionals who are informed about the diversity of
consensual, adult sexuality.
- Lambda Legal Defense and Education
- Email: lambdalegal@lambdalegal.org
Web Site: http://www.lambdalegal.org/
Last Update: 04/28/2001
The nation's oldest and largest legal organization working for the civil rights of lesbians, gay
men, and people with HIV/AIDS.
- Lesbian and Gay Law Association of Greater New York, Inc.
- Web Site: http://www.le-gal.org/
Last Update: 04/28/2001
The first web site by an association of lesbian and gay lawyers!
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- 870 Market St. Suite 570
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415-392-6257
Email: info@nclrights.org
Web Site: http://www.NCLRights.org
Last Update: 04/01/2001
A national non-profit legal organization that advocates for LGBT people through impact litigation
and public policy advocacy.
- National Lesbian Law Association
- Web Site: http://www.nlgla.org/
Last Update: 04/28/2001
National Association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, law students and
affiliated lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) legal organizations.
- Student Organizations, Willamette University College of Law (WiLLO)
- Web Site: http://www.willamette.edu/~dcameron/studorgs.html
Last Update: 04/28/2001
Willamette Lambda Legal Organization provides a forum for discussing gay, lesbian, bisexual,
and transgender legal issues and provides a safe place to socialize, support one another and work
together for success.
Everyone associated with WUCL is invited to participate in WiLLO. However, participants are
expected to respect the basic tenets of the organization which are that all gay, lesbian, bisexual,
and transgender people should receive the same basic rights accorded heterosexuals and that all
people should be judged by their individual character, not their sexual orientation.
LGBT Legal Publication Resources
- ACLU Fact Sheet: Overview of Lesbian and Gay Parenting, Adoption and Foster Care
- Web Site: http://www.aclu.org/issues/gay/parent.html
Last Update: 04/26/2001
Dated April 6, 1999
Overview of the legal issues for lesbian and gay parents and children.
- Lesbian and Gay Law Notes
- Web Site: http://www.qrd.org/www/usa/legal.lgln/lgln.html
Last Update: 04/28/2001
Site filled with law notes and case law references for the LGBT communities. Most information
has been provided by Professor Arthur Leonard of New York Law School.
- Sexuality, Gender and the Law: National and International
- Web Site: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/sexlaw.html
Last Update: 04/28/2001
Article through the University of Chicago Law School.
General Legal People Resources
- Lake Perriguey, Attorney
- 1811 NW Couch St Suite 304
Portland, OR 97209-2133
Phone: 503-227-2570
Fax: 815-366-3191
Email: lake@law-works.com
Web Site: http://www.law-works.com
Last Update: 04/24/2001
Law Works law offices whose practice includes personal injury, civil rights law, intellectual
property, will and estates, landlord/tenant, criminal defense, domestic relations and business
law.
- Ingrid E. Slezak, Attorney at Law, Mediation Services
- 1220 SW Morrison St. Suite 1300
Portland, OR 97205
Phone: 503-248-0938
Email: ieslezak@aol.com
Last Update: 04/01/2001
Only brief contact during a "near the end" mediation, did not appear to be concerned with the
trans issues, focusing on finding the middle ground to the actual parenting time and property
settlement.
General Legal Organization Resources
- Caring for Children: Legal Information and Forms
Web Site: http://www.nolo.com/category/KID_home.html?P=SM1B0012804242000
Last Update: 05/10/2001
References, information related to the legal issues of raising our children including divorce,
custody, child support.
- Law Offices of Law Works
- 1811 NW Couch St Suite 304
Portland, OR 97209-2133
Phone: 503-227-2570
Fax: 815-366-3191
Email: lake@law-works.com
Web Site: http://www.law-works.com
Last Update: 04/24/2001
The law offices of Lake Perriguey whose practice includes personal injury, civil rights law,
intellectual property, will and estates, landlord/tenant, criminal defense, domestic relations and
business law.
- Legal Help Online
- Web Site: http://www.legal-help.net/
Last Update: 04/28/2001
Online resource for legal forms, online help and referrals.
- National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ)
- P.O. Box 8970 1041 North Virginia Street (University of Nevada in Reno)
Reno, NV 89507
Phone: 775-784-6012
Fax: 775-784-6628
Email: admin@ncjfcj.unr.edu
Web Site: http://www.ncjfcj.unr.edu/
Last Update: 11/25/2001
The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges is dedicated to serving the nation's children and families by improving the courts of juvenile and family jurisdictions. Our mission is
to better the justice system through education and applied research and improve the standards, practices and effectiveness of the juvenile court system.
- Oregon State Bar Referral Service
- 5200 SW Meadows Avenue
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
Phone: 800-452-7636 (in Oregon only)
Phone 2: 503-684-3763
Last Update: 05/29/2001
Offers referrals to lawyers in Oregon. You can specifically ask for one with LGBT experience.
- SingleMOMZ
- Email: livf@earthlink.net
Web Site: http://www.singlemomz.com/index.shtml
Last Update: 05/10/2001
Site "by single moms for single moms" has information related to divorce, legal and custody
issues, as well as help with the issues of raising children as single moms (parents).
- Washburn University School of Law (WashLaw WEB)
- Web Site: http://www.washlaw.edu/
Last Update: 05/29/2001
On-line library of legal briefs and case law from the Washburn University School of Law. Also includes links to the courts' sites if applicable. Good research resource.
General Legal Publication Resources
- Café Law Bookstore - Divorce Publications
- Web Site: http://www.cafelaw.com/divbks.html
Last Update: 04/28/2001
An Amazon.com affliliate providing listings of law references covering all areas including
divorce.
- Preparing for a Custody Trial
- Web Site: http://www.deltabravo.net/custody/prepare.htm
Last Update: 05/10/2001
Article targeted to the custody evaluator, provides background on the profession as a forensic
witness and the business of being good expert witnesses.
- State Divorce Laws - Oregon
- Web Site: http://www.divorcesource.com/info/divorcelaws/oregon.shtml
Last Update: 04/22/2001
Filing requirements, procedures, the current custody guidelines for the state of Oregon.
DivorceSource has listings for all states.
