MARYLAND'S LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER
CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION
Transgender Resources

Transgender Resources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISCLAIMER: While we tried to only include those resources that came from reputable sources, Equality Maryland does not warranty these resources. Equality Maryland does not endorse any of the listed facilities, service providers or support groups.

 

General Resources

  • Transsexual Road Map Planning resource

  • Transitional Male Educational website for trans men, friends, family, and significant others.

  • Transgender Guide A large depository of resources for the community. "We have one of the largest collections of informative texts on the web. Whether you need help determining your size, coming out to your family, or learning about how the law affects you; the answer is right here!"

  • T Job Bank TJobBank is the first and only employment site designed specifically to bring employers and transgender professionals together.

  • Community Kinship Life (CK Life) Another depository of resources on many topics including transmen, transwomen, families of trans folk, HIV/AIDS, and health. The mission of CK Life is to provide the Trans community with the tools needed to achieve their personal goals while having a sense of community and Kinship. This includes providing useful information that will help people who are looking to lead the most productive life during and after transition with regards to health, employment and day to day social interactions.

  • The Transitional Male The T-Male is a website for Transmen, Friends, Family and Significant others.

  • The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female.

  • Gender Eduction and Advocacy http://www.gender.org/ Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA) is a national organization focused on the needs, issues and concerns of gender variant people in human society. We seek to educate and advocate, not only for ourselves and others like us, but for all human beings who suffer from gender-based oppression in all of its many forms.

 

Miscellaneous

  • T Job Bank TJobBank is the first and only employment site designed specifically to bring employers and transgender professionals together

  • Burgundy Crescent The purpose of Burgundy Crescent Volunteers (BCV) is twofold. First, they are a source of volunteers for local and national gay and gay-friendly community organizations in the Washington, DC area. Second, they bring gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender singles and couples together for volunteer activities that are social in nature.

  • Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS) PO Box 21394 Washington, DC 20009 Telephone: 202-232-8150, and Hotline: 1-800-676-4477

    • HIPS' mission is to assist female, male, and transgender individuals engaging in sex work in Washington, DC in leading healthy lives. Utilizing a harm reduction model, HIPS' programs strive to address the impact that HIV/AIDS, STIs, discrimination, poverty, violence and drug use have on the lives of individuals engaging in sex work. .

  • The Transitional Male The T-Male is a website for Transmen, Friends, Family and Significant others.

  • The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female.

  • Transgender Responce Team   https://sites.google.com/site/trtnetwork/The Transgender Response Team (TRT) is a group of health and human services providers,  state and local government representatives, transgender and gender nonconforming community members, and allies who meet as equal stakeholders to work toward solutions to health and wellness concerns within transgender communities in Maryland

  • Trans-United fusionpartnerships.wordpress.com/sponsored-projects/trans-united/ seeks to improve the quality of life and health of transgender individuals while fostering acceptance and respect.

  • Pride at Work http://www.prideatwork.org/national, state and local organizations for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality, we stand in solidarity with teachers, firefighters, nurses and all workers across this country fighting for their basic rights – for all of our rights.

 

Legal/Advocasy:

  • Transgender Law center www.transgenderlawcenter.org/

  • Sylvia Revaira law project www.srlp.org/

  • Aclu of md: www.aclu-md.org/  Telephone: (410) 889-8555

  • Free State Legal Project: http://freestatelegal.org/ If you are LGBT and need legal help and you have a limited income these folks have open doors for you.

  • Lamda Legal: www.Lamdalegal.org Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.

Youth:

Support:

  • Trans Faith http://www.transfaithonline.org/ TransFaith Online supports people of transgender and gender non-conforming experience in our pursuit of health and wholeness by nurturing the expression of diverse, gender-affirming spiritual vitality. We envision a world where people of diverse gender experiences are strengthened through spiritual reflection, practice, and community.

  • DC Area Transmasculine Society (DCATS) dcatsinfo.org: A peer-facilitated social and support group in the DC area for anyone on the transmasculine spectrum, including trans men, gender queers, people who are questioning, and SOFFAs.

 

  • PFLAG’s LGBT Parents Forum Group http://www.pflagmd.org (Parents of Transgender People.) Meets in Columbia Third Monday of Every Month

 

Education/Advocacy Resources:

Health:

  • Chase Brexton :www.chasebrexton.org If you are looking for transitional hormones or are Transgender, transsexual or gender nonconforming and are in need of health care where you are welcome and empowered Chase Brexton has offices all over Maryland.

  • Whitman Walker:http://www.whitman-walker.org Our mission is to be the highest quality, culturally competent community health center serving greater Washington’s diverse urban community, including individuals who face barriers to accessing care, and with a special expertise in LGBT and HIV care.

  • TransLine: http://project-health.org/transline/ The first-ever national transgender medical consultation line. Project HEALTH, a collaboration of Transgender Law Center and Lyon-Marin Health Services, has partnered with experts in transgender medicine from the country's most prominent LGBT community clinics. TransLine's service offers health care providers up-to-date transgender clinical information, and individualized expert case consultation across the broad range of clinical transgender issues. This service is offered free of charge to medical providers.

 

 

Shelter:

Email Groups and Listservs:

 

 

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Other Resources:

 

Events
From Stonewall toSecuring Marriage Rights: What Does It Mean for Us?
Date: June 08, 2013 - 09:00
Location: Baltimore

First Unitarian Church of Baltimore and Free State Legal Project present:

From Stonewall toSecuring Marriage Rights:
What Does It Mean for Us?
Exploring the Legal Implications of Marriage for Gay Couples

A comprehensive overview of legal marriage in the State of Maryland for gay couples. Whether you are already married or just considering, esteemed attorneys Susan Francis and Susan Silber will walk you through everything you need to know before and after you walk down that aisle. Beyond romance, learn what those 1000+ contracts and responsibilities actually mean!

Topics to be discussed include:

DOMA– What is DOMA & Challenges to DOMA; Federal protections outside of DOMA; Considerations when not to marry – (Medicaid, other public benefits, immigration, continuation of prior spousal benefits).

MD Law Overview – 1000+ laws. How protected under MD law? What are protections, benefits, obligations? What is the effect of the federal government not recognizing your marriage? What are the consequences of other states not recognizing your marriage? Strategies to protect your family.

Marriage – Family Law Issues. License – how to marry, what if married elsewhere, what if have a civil union; Pre-nuptial agreements = clarify marital v. nonmarital property, simplify divorce process, collaborative or mediation dispute resolution; Domestic Partnership affidavit– specific benefits.

Protecting our Families. Wills, trusts, health care directive, POA, DP Affidavits, DP or PreNup Agreements

Protecting our Children. Second parent adoption, birth certificate with marriage (full faith & credit issues), problems with de facto/third party parent, donors, surrogacy.

Divorce Issues. Length of marriage, maintaining ties & friendships, DOMA (pension, tax, alimony); dissolution of civil unions/domestic partnerships.

OtherMD Marital Issues. Insurance; Employment – public & private; FMLA; Real Property – Tenants by entirety; Public benefits – Medicaid; Name changes; Taxes – joint – imputed state income; estate; inheritance; alimony & QDROs; transfers between spouses; mortgage interest; tax credit programs; Military & veteran benefits.

 

Saturday, June 8, 2013, 9am - noon
Enoch Pratt Parish Hall, 514 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

The seminar is free and open to the public. However, space is limited, so please respond to office@firstunitarian.net, or call 410-685-2330 to reserve your seat. Participants are encouraged to submit questions in advance via email.

About the presenters:

Susan Francis is the Foreclosure Prevention Project Manager at the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS). She formerly was an Associate at Silber, Perlman, Sigman and Tilev; and theFamily Law Research Specialist at the Administrative Office of the Courts, Department of Family Administration. She graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2011. She was a member of Law Review and the Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Society for Leadership. She has interned at the Public Justice Center, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

 

Susan has a B.S. and M.S. in Journalism from Ohio University. She served as Development and Communications Director for the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing for twelve years and was most recently the Development Director forEquality Maryland. She serves on the Board of Directors of Free State LegalProject and the Public Justice Center. She has co-written with Ms. Silber several articles on gay marriage for the Washington Blade, the Maryland Domestic Law Reporter, and the Equality Maryland marriage FAQs on their webpage, and has conducted various workshops on the intersection of family law and LGBT families. Susan and her wife, Sandy, were married in Ontario, Canada in 2004. susanfrancis@gmail.com

Susan Silber has dedicated her legal career of over 30 years to advancing the rights of all families, including a focus on same-sex families. Susan founded the law firm of Silber, Perlman, Sigman & Tilev, PA, which is a full service, community-based law firm located in Takoma Park, Maryland. She is an experienced attorney in family, employment, civil rights, and municipal law, and has served as the City Attorney for Takoma Park for 30 years.

 

In addition to drafting, counseling, negotiation, and litigation, Susan is an experienced mediator and collaborative attorney. She has assisted hundreds of people incooperatively forming their families (e.g., second parent adoptions, livingtogether contracts, powers of attorney, medical directives, and parenting agreements). Sue has been featured on national television and is a frequent guest speaker. She has spoken extensively on Lesbian and Gay parenting issues, including custody, adoption, alternative fertilization, surrogacy, and documents helpful in protecting unmarried and same-sex families. Susan was named a Super Lawyer by her peers in Super Lawyers Magazine for both Maryland and Washington, DC.

 

Susan is a member of the National Family Law Advisory Council of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, currently serves on the board of Equality Maryland and the Divorce Roundtable, and is a past president of the LGBT Bar Association of Maryland. She was recently honored for her distinguished service by COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere), GAYLAW (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,Transgender Attorneys of Washington, DC), and her synagogue Bet Mishpachah.Susan’s children have two moms. Her family has been featured in three books and was interviewed by Barbara Walters for ABC’s “20/20”. silber@sp-law.com

Equality Maryland Board Meeting
Date: June 09, 2013 - 12:00
Location: Columbia

Please join us the second sunday of every month for our Board Meeting.

 

Contact Vanessa, vanessa@equalitymaryland.org, for more information.

Equality Maryland Board Meeting
Date: July 14, 2013 - 12:00
Location: Columbia

Please join us the second sunday of every month for our Board Meeting.

 

Contact Vanessa, vanessa@equalitymaryland.org, for more information.

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