Legal Protections
General Information
While we cannot provide legal advice, we can give you information for where one files discrimination complaints and the organizations that can help you navigate that. A comprehensive guide on the legal rights that LGBTQ+ people have can be found here. North Dakota generally takes a stand that our Human Rights Act should be interpreted to mean that Sex protects for both sexual orientation and gender identity because of the Bostock ruling, according to these notes from the Department of Labor and Human Rights.
Filing Resources
Employment/Housing/Public Accommodation
- North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights (Website)
Healthcare or Social Worker
- Health and Human Services (website)
Schools or Students
- Department of Education (website)
Know-Your-Rights Guides
- Youth Guide (From Gender Justice)
- Housing Guide (From High Plains Fair Housing)
Non-Profit Help
(Local) High Plains Fair Housing
- Take complaints and help individuals through housing discrimination
(Local) Gender Justice
- Represents clients for LGBTQ+ or Reproductive Care
(Minnesota) Rainbow Health
- Minnesota based legal advise for transgender individuals, especially related to medical coverage
(National) Transgender Law Center + Transgender Legal + Lambda Legal
- All national organizations that help specifically with transgender or LGBTQ+ representation.
- Trans Legal Fund to help pay for representation nationally
(National) Abortion Resources
- Repro Legal Helpline: free, confidential, legal services including for abortion, pregnancy loss, and birth.
- Repro Legal Defense Fund – funds bail and defenses for folks facing legal trouble for abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth, and other pregnancy outcomes.