LGBTQ+ Resources: Resources on the rights of and services available to persons of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender orientation.
LA LAW Library Resources:
Community Connections: Meet with our Community Resource Specialist to learn about available resources in your area and access services, benefits, and support. Make an appointment today.
- Call us at 213-785-2585. If we don’t answer right away, please leave a message. We will get back to you as soon as possible.
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- Come in to the Library and ask for our Community Resource Specialist.
Lawyers in the Library: This program provides free 20-30 minute consultations with volunteer lawyers for people who have legal problems to discuss but do not have a lawyer representing them. Consultations may be either in person or by telephone depending on the patron’s preference and the availability of lawyers with expertise on the requested topic.
Live Classes: Learn the basics of common areas of law, and how to take the next step.
- Adult Name Change Workshop
- Name and Gender Marker Changes
- Book Discussion: Out in the Union: A Labor History of Queer America, by Miriam Frank
- Intersectionality in LGBTQ+ Housing Discrimination
- Civil Rights: Where You Begin
Community Centers LA County:
- Los Angeles LGBT Center
- Burbank Community YMCA Social Impact Center
- GLSEN Los Angeles Chapter
- Latino Equality Alliance
- In The Meantime Men’s Group, Inc.
- PFLAG Los Angeles
- Pomona Valley Pride
- San Gabriel Valley LGBTQ Center
- SATRANG
- Somos Familia Valle
- South Bay LGBTQ Center
- The LGBTQ Center Long Beach
- The OUTreach Center Antelope Valley
Health Centers LA County:
- Access to Prevention Advocacy Intervention & Treatment (APAIT)
- APLA Health
- Bienestar
- Black AIDS Institute
- HIV Program, Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine CHLA
- Medical Services, Los Angeles LGBT Center
- Mental Health & Psychiatry Services Los Angeles LGBT Center
- Sexual Health Services Los Angeles LGBT Center
- Planned Parenthood
- PRIME Specialty Clinic, St, John’s Community Health
Transgender & Gender Affirming Care Resources:
- The Center for Transyouth Health and Development CHLA
- Gender Health, UCLA Health
- TransLatin@ Coalition
- Transgender Health Program, St. Johns Community Health
- Transgender Services, Los Angeles LGBT Center
- Trans Wellness Center
- Trans Lifeline’s Hotline
- Name or Gender Change, LA Court
- Change your name in California, CA Court Self-Help Guide
- Gender Change Recognition Order Index, CA Court Self-Help Guide
- Free Name & Gender Marker Change Clinic, Bet Tzedek
- TGI/Enby+ Resource Index, Los Angeles LGBT Center
LGBTQ+ Rights abnd Legal Support Organizations:
- LGBTQ Rights, ACLU
- Equality California
- Human Rights Campaign
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- GLAAD
- ILGA World – the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
- National Black Justice Coalition
- National LGBTQ Task Force
- Lambda Legal
- The LGBTQ+ Bar
- Immigration Equality
- Transgender Law Center
- LGBT Family Law Institute® (FLI) Attorney Directory
Informational Resources:
- Coming Out, Human Rights Campaign
- Sexual Orientation Resources, The Trevor Project
- Resources About Gender Identity, The Trevor Project
- LGBTQ+ Mental Health Resources, The Trevor Project
- Mental Health Resources in the LGBTQ+ Community
- LGBTQ+ Community Resources
- Defending Intellectual Freedom: LGBTQ Materials in School Libraries Toolkit, AASL
- Creating Safer Spaces for LGBTQ Youth: A Toolkit for Education, Healthcare, and Community-Based Organizations, Advocates for Youth
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Resources for Talking About Suicide, The Trevor Project
- Preventing suicide in LGBTQ communities, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- LGBTQI+, 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline