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June is LGBTQ Pride Month, and there are so many ways to celebrate! We at the Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library are looking back at some of our favorite Ex Libris Juris blog posts highlighting LBGTQ history and individuals as well as useful resources for the LGBTQ community and allies.
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March 31st marks Transgender Day of Visibility which is observed “to raise awareness about transgender people.” “It is a day to celebrate the lives and contributions of trans people, while also drawing attention to the poverty, discrimination, and violence the community faces.” Too often, trans people are only mentioned in the media due to some form of violence or harm being committed against them. Transgender Visibility Day is an opportunity for people to “re-focus on celebrating the lives of transgender people, empowering them to live authentically, while still acknowledging that due to discrimination, not every trans person can or wants to be visible.”
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Do you need to update your ID and other documents? The Trans Legal Aid Clinic - Houston can help! Volunteer attorneys will assist you in navigating the process to correct your name and/or gender marker on your identifying documents (driver’s license, passport, birth certificate, etc.). Clinics will be held on January 20, 2022, at 6:00 pm and January 22, 2022, at 11:00 am. To register for these free virtual clinics, please visit https://cutt.ly/Lv8XzpH
Read moreThe U.S. Department of State currently allows people to select a binary gender marker (M or F) for their U.S. passports, “even if the gender [they] select does not match the gender on [their| supporting documentation such as a birth certificate, previous passport, or state ID.” In addition, passport holders may “request a new passport with a different gender than the one [they] have on [their] current passport” by following the instructions on the Department of State’s “Selecting your Gender Marker” webpage. Further, there are plans for an “X” gender marker on U.S. passports for non-binary, intersex, and gender non-conforming people, which is expected to be available in early 2022.
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Do you need to update your ID and other documents? The Trans Legal Aid Clinic - Houston can help! Volunteer attorneys will assist you in navigating the process to correct your name and/or gender marker on your identifying documents (driver’s license, passport, birth certificate, etc.). Clinics will be held on September 16, 2021, at 6:00 pm and September 18, 2021, at 11:00 am. To register for these free virtual clinics, please visit https://cutt.ly/Lv8XzpH
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What’s behind the name? “Ex Libris Juris” is Latin for “from the books of law” and much of the information here will relate to the legal information collected and curated by the Law Library. Additionally, “Ex Libris” has long appeared on bookplates – labels appearing inside the front cover of books – and has acquired the connoted meaning “from the library of” to show ownership of the book. Using this connotation, the phrase becomes “from the library of law” and better describes the posts about digital resources, event announcements, and research tips that will regularly appear here.
