Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund

Legal Aid & Advocacy · Maine · Free

TLDEF — name and gender marker change, legal help, and Trans Health Project. 646-862-9396. For LGBTQ+ people needing help with name/gender ID changes, second-parent adoption, discrimination, immigration, or estate planning. Discrimination claims have short windows — federal EEOC is 180–300 days from the incident depending on state. Trans people changing IDs typically need to update SSA, state DMV, passport, and birth certificate separately — order matters. Open at no cost to LGBTQ+ Maine residents and...

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