Trans Law Help was started as a Twitter hashtag by Riley with the following tweet:
If you're a lawyer willing to offer pro-bono services for trans ppl to get their docs now, please use the HT #TransLawHelp. #Election2016
— Cishet Gay Squad (@dtwps) November 9, 2016
The hashtag took off and Riley started to assemble a website team, with the help of other folks. Major contributors to both boosting the hashtag & collecting content, and creating & updating the site include (in alphabetical order):
Alden / @AJ_twit_wit
Bex / @BexThorpe21
C / @coininja
Carl / @charl_carles
Chase / @ChaseStrangio
Daniel / @Daniel_Martinh
Heather / @hlrjo
Helen / @HelenTremethick
James / @JamesCKnapp
Jenny / @JennyVSimile
Julie / @nrrrdcore
Kendra / @KendraSerra
Linn / @LinnOyenFarley
Lisa / @SuperLisaa
Phantom / @The_Fragmented
Riley / @dtwps
Sarah / @sarahbrissa
Sonnet / @Sonnet_Fitz
Note that all of these people are approved to work with Trans Law Help. If you have expressed interest in assisting with the project, any one of them may be in contact with you on Twitter to verify information.
We thank the many others who have assisted by suggesting resources, boosting tweets, offering help and advice and supporting us financially.
If you would like to donate funds to trans people who need help with their document costs, please contact Kendra Albert at [email protected] (for 1:1 donor/recipient matching).
If you'd like to support our efforts here, check out our Patreon page to set up a monthly donation (preferred) or use PayPal for a one-time donation. These funds will cover the ongoing costs related to keeping this website running and updated (website & email hosting, domain registration, etc).