Legal Resources
Find a LGBTQ-friendly attorney in the Resource Directory, understand the ways in which equal marriage has impacted LGBTQ couples in Colorado, and get support and information around reporting a hate crime.
The Center on Colfax cannot give legal advice and only provides referrals to LGBTQ-friendly attorneys and resources. The following agencies have been especially helpful to many members of the LGBTQ community.
- Colorado Civil Rights Division
- Denver Office of Human Rights & Community Partnerships
- Colorado LGBT Bar Association
- Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center
- Denver Metro Fair Housing Center
- Colorado Legal and Rent Assistance
- Colorado Housing Connects
- Colorado Affordable Legal Services LLC
- Colorado Name Change Project
- Colorado Cross Disability Coalition
- Lambda Legal Help Desk
- LGBT National Help Hotline
Transgender Resource Spotlight:
CO Name Change Project
The Colorado Name Change Project has current information and forms on how to update your name and gender marker in the State of Colorado. Volunteers are also available to answer questions submitted through their website.
Transgender Resource Spotlight:
National Center for Transgender Equality
Not born in Colorado? The National Center for Transgender Equality's ID Documents Center is a one-stop hub for information on how to update your name and gender marker in all 50 states. Plus, you can also use their scorecard to see how friendly the driver's license gender change policies are in your state.