Trans Legal Clinic
Trans Legal Clinic
Trans Legal Clinic
The Trans Legal Clinic is the first trans-led specialist gender identity legal practice and registered charity in the UK. The mission of the Trans Legal Clinic is simple; we provide free and accessible legal help to transgender and non-binary people in need. Our overarching vision is a society where all people have access to the legal resources required for gender self-determination and where gender diversity is not just accepted but embraced, with trans* people equipped with the necessary legal tools to navigate the world in their affirmed gender.
Practice Areas
Gender Recognition: legal transition and healthcare advocacy
We can support you in navigating your social and legal transition, including changing your name via deed poll and updating identifying documents such as driver’s licenses and passports as well as obtaining Gender Recognition Certificates. We also provide a healthcare advocacy service, defending your right to gender-affirming care by direct liaison with healthcare providers including GPs, GICs, and private providers.
Gender-Based Violence: domestic violence and sexual abuse
The Trans Legal Clinic provides specialist support to trans* individuals who have experienced domestic abuse and/or sexual violence. We work with compassion and care to empower our clients, often in extremely distressing circumstances, offering practical assistance in navigating the criminal justice system, obtaining protective orders, and accessing support services.
Housing and Homelessness
We provide highly specialist legal support that addresses systemic barriers faced by trans* people including eviction and repossession, homelessness, severe disrepair, and cases of discrimination, antisocial behaviour, harassment, and illegal eviction or discrimination by landlords or housing authorities. We believe that access to safe and secure housing is a basic human right that should be afforded to all trans* people and work to ensure that this is upheld. 
Gender-Based Violence: hate crimes
The Trans Legal Clinic is commited to ensuring equality of access to justice for the trans* and non-binary community. We provide clients with support engaging with the police around reporting hate crimes, harassment and domestic abuse inclusive of, where necessary, actions against the police and pursuit of police complaints.
Discrimination
Gender Reassignment is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act of 2010. If you have been discriminated against by an employer, an educational institution, or any individual or organisation, the Trans Legal clinic is able to provide advice, support and signposting to ensure that you have full access the available legal remedies.
Public Law
At its core, the Trans Legal Clinic is a human rights practice: because trans* rights are human rights. As part of our commitment to trans* rights, the Trans Legal Clinic will challenge the government and public bodies where their treatment of trans* and non-binary persons falls short of their legal duties.