Inland Counties Legal Services has established the Inland Empire’s first program tailored to address the legal issues affecting the LGBTQIA population, according to ICLS pro bono coordinator L Orozco.
“We’re the only legal services organization in our region providing this kind of assistance, helping folx* from beginning to end with the gender-marker and name-change process, giving an overview, filling out court forms, responding to court inquiries or if there’s a hearing. We help folx who secure the order to amend identification documents,” Orozco said by phone Oct. 22.
The program’s origin
They said ICLS was working with the Queer and Transgender Resource Center at California State University, San Bernardino,