Southern Legal Center for Youth
Gender-Affirming Legal Care™ for Youth
Serves trans and gender-expansive youth ages 18-26 by increasing access to trauma-informed, youth-centered, and gender-affirming legal services for youth and young adults in Georgia
Trans and gender-expansive youth and young adults in Georgia, with an emphasis on BIPOC youth and those who are unstably housed or experiencing homelessness · Clinics are held multiple times each year
From slcy.org/galc ↗About this program
Our Gender-Affirming Legal Care™ for Youth (GALC) Program serves trans and gender-expansive youth ages 18-26 in Georgia with a special emphasis on BIPOC youth and those who are unstably housed or experiencing homelessness.
GALC aims to increase access to trauma-informed, youth-centered, and gender-affirming legal services for youth and young adults in Georgia through direct representation, clinics, and legal education, which center the identities and experiences of trans and gender expansive young people.
Our program offerings include: Gender-affirming legal name change and vital documents clinics: for trans and gender-expansive 18-26 year olds who complete the legal name change process pro se (on their own). Full representation for legal name changes: pro bono attorneys support unstably housed trans and gender-expansive young adults aged 18-24 to successfully complete their legal name change. Educational opportunities: trainings and professional development for legal professionals on GALC for youth.
We host gender-affirming name change clinics multiple times each year to help youth access safe, supportive legal assistance in updating their names and identity documents. These clinics are for trans and gender-affirming young people between 18-26 years old who are residents of Georgia. Our clinics are in-person and virtual to ensure young people outside of metro Atlanta also have access to these services. If you are interested in learning more, complete the registration form and we will get back to you with information about our next clinic.
Created by Princess Jauan Durbin, this 60-90 minute interactive training equips legal and health professionals with the tools needed to provide trauma-informed, culturally relevant, gender-affirming services to transgender and gender-expansive youth between the ages of 12 and 24. The training is available both virtually and in-person.
Questions
Who is eligible for the gender-affirming name change clinics?
These clinics are for trans and gender-affirming young people between 18-26 years old who are residents of Georgia.
What support do the name change clinics provide?
Completing the paperwork for a legal name change in the client's county of residence; Vital documents consultations to assess where a client is at in the name change process and supporting them to update their Social Security Card, birth certificate, drivers license, or passport; Additional legal assistance and service connections for trans and gender-expansive youth who are experiencing homelessness
Are the clinics available outside metro Atlanta?
Our clinics are in-person and virtual to ensure young people outside of metro Atlanta also have access to these services.
Who is the training for?
Legal and health professionals
How long is the training?
60-90 minute interactive training
Details
- Who
- Trans and gender-expansive youth and young adults in Georgia, with an emphasis on BIPOC youth and those who are unstably housed or experiencing homelessness
- When
- Clinics are held multiple times each year
- Where
- In-person and virtual clinics; the page does not name a specific location
- Ages
- 18-26
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