LGBT Rights

Statutes and Rules: (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• Minnesota Statutes, index topics Homosexuals, Sexual Orientation.

Minnesota Resources:

• Advocates for Human Rights.  Have you experienced or witnessed a hate crime?  Share your story.
• Minnesota Department of Human Rights.
• Name Change Clinic, by Robins Kaplan LLP and OutFront Minnesota

Online resources: 

• Airport Security: National Center for Transgender Rights
• Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") issued guidance on the best practices for providing restroom access to transgender workers.
• EEOC Factsheet: Bathroom Access Rights for Transgender Employees Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• Legal Program, from OutFront Minnesota.
• Lesbian & Gay Couples: Marriage, Domestic Partnerships, and Civil Unions, from Nolo.
• LGBT Law, from Nolo.
• LGBT Rights, from the ACLU.
• Minnesota Lavender Bar Association.
• Trans Law and Health, from OutFront Minnesota.
• Name Change, from the Minnesota Judicial Branch
• Practice, Research and advocacy Organizations, from the University of Minnesota Law Library.
• Researching Sexual Orientation and the Law, from the University of Minnesota Law Library.
• Trans Law Help: Trans-positive legal resources for people living in the United States.

 

Print resources:(available at the Minnesota State Law Library and around the state.)

• Before I Do: A Legal Guide to Marriage, Gay and Otherwise, Elizabeth F. Schwartz KF539.S39 2016
• Breaking New Ground: Study of transgender people interacting with the Mn Court System /  Ellen Krug (OutFront MN 2013) KFM5811.5 .T73 K78.
• The Court, the Ballot Box, and Gay Rights: How Our Governing Institutions Shape the Same-Sex Marriage Debate / Joseph Mello, KF539 .M45 2016.
• Estate Planning for Same-sex Couples / Joan M.  Burda (ABA 2015) KF750 .B87 2015.
• Gender Nonconformity and the Law / Kimberly A. Yurako, KF3467. Y875 2016.
• Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples / Denis Clifford et al. A , 19th ed. (Nolo, 2018) Self Help Collection KF539 C87 2018.
• Legalizing LGBT Families: How the Law Shapes Parenthood / Amanda K. Baumle, KF539 .B38 2015.
• Making it Legal: A Guide to Same-Sex Marriage, Domestic Partnerships & Civil Unions, 4th ed. / Frederick C. Hertz & Emily Doskow, KF539 .H47 2016.
• Minnesota Estate Planning for Non-traditional Families, 2nd ed. (Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, 2010-) KFM5540 .M56 2010.
• Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Law in a Nutshell / Ruth Colker KF4754.5 .C65 2017
• State Equality Index: A Review of State Legislation Affecting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender. Community Human Rights Campaign. 2014 HQ73.3 .U6 E68 2014.
• The Right to be Parents: LGBT Families and the Transformation of Parenthood / Carlos A. Ball, KF540 .B35 2012.
• Transgender Persons and the Law / Ally Windsor Howell, KF4754.5 .H69 2015.
• The Wedding Heard 'Round the World: America's First Gay Marriage / Michael McConnell & Jack Baker, KF539 .M33 2016.

Related Topics: Civil Rights; Same Sex Marriage.

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