The AIDS Legal Referral Panel provides free and low-cost legal services to those with HIV/AIDS. These services include housing, bankruptcy/credit, immigration, employment, insurance, confidentiality matters, family law, government benefits, and public accomodations.
ADDRESS
1663 Mission Street, Unit 500
San Francisco, CA 94103
PHONE: (415) 701-1100
Provides HIV-related legal asisstance in securing and stabilizing housing, resolving debt and bankruptcy issues, and addressing employment discrimination and harrassment issues.
The HIV50+ Project provides legal representation and counseling for people over 50 years of age to help them with legal issues including housing, insurance, and estate planning.
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, legislation, and education.
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) is a national, non-profit, public interest legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education.
ADDRESS
870 Market Street
Suite 370
San Francisco, CA 94102
PHONE: (415) 392-6257
TOLL-FREE: 1-800-528-6257
NCLR's Legal Information Helpline that provides basic information about laws that affect LGBTQIA+ individuals and families, and resources for people who are facing discrimination or other civil rights issues. Click on the "Legal Information Helpline" button to learn more!
Lambda Legal is a national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and individuals living with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.
The Western Regional Office
800 South Figueroa Street
Suite 1260
Los Angeles, CA 9017-2521
Phone: 213-382-7600
Lambda Legal's Help Desk provides information & resources to discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, and HIV status. Please call the Lambda Legal office's Western Regional office and ask for the Legal Help Desk.
The Transgender Law Center provides basic information about laws that affect transgender people, including employment, health care, civil rights, family law, immigration, and identity document changes. The Center provides legal assistance and resources for transgender migrants navigating the immigration system, trans people preparing communities for ICE raids, and advocates working to educate asylum judges and policymakers.
ADDRESS
P.O. Box 70976
Oakland, CA 94612-0976
Phone: (510) 587-9696
The Transgender Law Center encourages people to call between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. PST as capacity to answer calls is limited.
The Legal Information Helpline provides basic information about laws and policies that affect transgender people across many areas, including employment, health care, housing, civil rights, immigration, prisoners’ rights, and identity document changes.
The Transgender Law Center's Detention Project works to end the abuses transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) people experience in prisons, jails, immigration detention, state hospitals, and other forms of detention, and at the hands of law enforcement.
The Transgender Law Center provides basic information about laws that affect transgender people, including identity document changes.
Oasis Legal Services provides quality legal immigration services to underrepresented low-income groups with a focus on LGBTQIA+ communities. Oasis focuses primarily on affirmative asylum services and follow-up services such as asylee family petitions, residency, and naturalization. In addition, Oasis handles other types of miscellaneous types of immigration cases such as VAWA cases, fiancee visas, and non-asylee relative petitions.
Areas of Immigration Legal Assistance: Adjustment of Status; Asylum Applications; Employment Authorization; Family-Based Petitions; Naturalization/Citizenship; Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of Immigration Legal Assistance: Filings with USCIS; Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews); HIV/AIDS
ADDRESS
1900 Addison Street
Suite 100
Berkeley, CA 94704
PHONE: (510) 666-6687