
Leading advocates for transgendered New Yorkers and a top official from the city’s Human Resources Administration (HRA) announced that New York’s sprawling welfare bureaucracy is now prepared to implement best practices guidelines for working with gender-nonconforming clients —more than four years after the policy was worked out in principle and nearly eight years after enactment of a gender identity and expression nondiscrimination law.

Historic Victory: Welfare Procedure Approved to Address Discrimination Against Trans & Gender Non Conforming People, Bringing NYC Closer to Being Inclusive for All New Yorkers
TransJustice of the Audre Lorde Project, Housing Works, Queers for Economic Justice, and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project will announce a victory for their Welfare Justice Campaign at a press conference on February 10, 2010 at 10AM at the Housing Works Bookstore, 126 Crosby Street (between Prince St.

Outer Borough Clinics

Cómo cambiar legalmente su nombre
Una guía para la gente Trans en la ciudad de Nueva YorkInstrucciones cómo cambiar legalmente su nombre en Nueva York. Read more »

How to Legally Change Your Name in New York City
Detailed instructions for completing a legal name change in New York City, including copies of some court papers you'll need to submit, how to change your name with the DMV and Social Security Administration, and how to change the gender marker on your NY drivers's license.
Prisoner Pen Pal Project
One great way to work against the awful ways that the criminal punishment system targets people of color, trans and queer people, poor people, women and people with disabilities is to support people who are currently in prison.



