National Center for Youth Law

Legal Aid & Advocacy · Washington · Free

Legal advocacy for marginalized youth including LGBTQ+ youth in foster care and juvenile justice. Useful for trans people navigating ID document updates across multiple states and federal agencies. Discrimination claims have short windows — federal EEOC is 180–300 days from the incident depending on state. Bostock v. Clayton County (2020) made workplace LGBTQ+ discrimination illegal under federal Title VII — many people still don't know they're protected. Open at no cost to LGBTQ+ Washington residents...

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