Educational Resources
TJLP provides free legal knowledge and other educational resources. Please download and share the resources below.
*Documents marked with an asterisk were not created by TJLP.
Trans/Political Education
- Our Common Language Glossary (download)
- Transgender 101 (download)
- Transgender 101 for Judges in the Civil Division (download)
- Quick Guide to the Criminalization of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People (download)
- All-Gender Bathroom Sign (download)
- Checking Your Privilege 101 (download)
- Consensus Models and Transformative Justice (download)
Name Change Guides
- Guide to Changing Your Legal Name & Gender Markers in Cook County, IL (download)
- Gender Marker Change Guide for Service Providers
- Illinois Birth Certificate Name and Gender Marker Correction Instructions
Know Your Rights Materials
- Do Not Talk to Cops: 6 Lies Police Tell to People in Custody (download)
- Know Your Rights! Law or Myth Quiz (download)
- Know Your Rights! Law or Myth Quiz Answer Key (download)
- Guide to Criminal Convictions and Dismissals in Illinois (download)
- Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions 101 (download)
- Double Punishment: A Guide to Offenses for Illinois Prisoners (download)
- Criminal Law Glossary (download)
- Misdemeanor Flowchart (download)
- Felony Flowchart (download)
- Tips for Going to Court for a Criminal Case (download)
Sex Work/er Rights
- Chicago & IL Sex Work Penal Code* (download)
- Emergency Response Worksheet by SWOP-Chicago* (download)
- Young Women’s Empowerment Project Fact Sheet* (download)
Laws and Policies that Impact Trans People in Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois
- Chicago Police Department General Order on Interactions with Transgender, Intersex, and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals* (download)
- Chicago Human Rights Ordinance* (download)
- Cook County Interagency Directive on Detained Transgender People* (download)
- Cook County Human Rights Ordinance* (download)
- Department of Children and Family Services LGBTQ Youth Policy* (download)
- Illinois Department of Corrections Policy on Transgender Prisoners* (download)
- Illinois Name Change Statute* (link)
- Illinois Human Rights Act* (link)