The Colorado Name Change Project provides information and forms about how to update your name and gender marker in the State of Colorado. Their goal is to help people better understand and navigate the process of changing their name and/or gender marker. Additionally, they offer periodic workshops and events.

At Martin Law Office LLC, we recognize that members of the LGBTQ community have a diverse set of legal needs. We pride ourselves on working with the community to meet some of these diverse legal needs, as this area of law is a core principle for the founding of this law firm. Martin Law Office assists with name changes and gender marker changes, amongst many other legal issues.

At LawForPeople, we take pride in our role as civil rights attorneys, standing proudly with LGBTQIA+ individuals to combat discrimination and seek justice. With in-depth knowledge of federal and Colorado state laws, our discrimination attorneys in Denver provide aggressive representation to defend your right to equality. Whether you’re facing unfair treatment at work, wrongful termination, or discrimination in housing or public spaces, we are here to advocate for you and your rights.

Greisen Medlock, LLC is passionately committed to protecting individuals’ civil rights and liberties. We firmly believe that no person should be treated differently because of age, gender, race, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Amongst other legal categories, Greisen Medlock assists with cases of discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community.

There are several executive orders directly attacking trans, gender-expansive, and intersex communities. Right now, the X gender marker is being challenged, and federal policies are in limbo.

If your federal documents are already in process, follow up immediately. If you haven’t updated your gender marker yet, we strongly recommend holding off on changes with the Social Security Administration (SSA) or passport until we have more clarity.

Colorado law still allows you to change your gender marker or name on your birth certificate and self-attest your gender marker at the DMV.

Prioritize your name change first, delay gender marker updates at the federal level, and know that your rights in Colorado remain protected.

One Colorado is working with elected officials and community advocates to explore options to decrease the burden of gender marker changes at the state level.

The ACLU is asking anyone who has had concerns with updating their documents to report that here.

Immigration Equality promotes justice and equality for LGBTQ+ and HIV-positives, winning major victories in the courts and in Congress.

As of February 7, 2025, Immigration Equality has provided the following information.

• If you have concerns or issues updating your passport, please submit your experience to the ACLU via this form.
• The Social Security Administration (SSA) is not providing any new gender marker updates on any documents. The national guidance is to pause and not submit any new gender marker changes for federal documents or any passport updates. However, if you need to make a SSA name change, you may still be able to.
• All federal document changes for trans and nonbinary folks are currently paused and we are waiting for more formal guidance from federal agencies. We don't yet know what the rules will be for trans folks applying for a passport for the first time if their birth certificates have been amended (or sealed, or had a new one issued, etc.) and we don't know what will happen to the applications that are currently suspended or paused.

For more information, please read Immigration Equality's full document on current guidance.