During Help Desk hours, Lambda Legal staff respond directly to people who are seeking legal information and assistance with sexual orientation-related and HIV/AIDS-related discrimination. Phone:  (212) 809-8585

NCLR is a national legal resource center which primarily focuses on the rights of lesbians and their families.  Resources are also provided to gay men, and bisexual and transgendered individuals on key issues.  The Web site offers downloads of essential legal documents for protecting relationships and parenting arrangements

This law (Chapter 326, Laws of New York, 2008) amends the definition of "members of the same family or household,"
providing protections to victims of domestic violence who were formerly not covered by the 1994 NYS Family Protection and Domestic Violence Act, expanding access to civil orders of protection to persons in same-sex relationships, teens, unmarried co-habitants without children legally in common and others in intimate relationships. Pace Women's Justice Center can provide in-depth explanations.