We are very excited to announce that CSE has launched its LGBT Rights Toolkit. We’re launching the Toolkit with information on how to legally change your name in two states. The name change process is one that is particularly important to members of the trans community; however, it is also important to someone who wishes to change his or her surname to their partner’s.
In the coming months, the LGBT Rights Toolkit will grow alongside CSE’s WE DO Campaign. As the WE DO Campaign grows to more communities across the South, the Toolkit will expand to include more jurisdictions. Ultimately, the goal of the Toolkit is to provide information on range of topics, from name changes to creating Power of Attorney documents. Laws dictate how these processes take shape in each jurisdiction; therefore, processes do not look the same across jurisdictions. They are also subject to change. On each page of the Toolkit you will find a date that notes when the page was last updated. To ensure the process has not changed since that date, it is best to contact a local attorney.
Core to the mission of CSE is the belief that LGBT people are fully human and equal. Current laws, however, deny this. Despite this discrimination, there are measures LGBT people can take to help affirm their identities and protect themselves and their families. The LGBT Rights Toolkit is meant to assist Southern LGBT people in navigating systems to help ensure these protections are in place until discriminatory laws change. We also invite you to join us for CSE’s Community Law Workshops, where you can learn more about how to protect your rights from LGBT-sensitive lawyers.
