About Us

Our Mission

QLaw Foundation of Washington promotes the dignity and respect of 2SLGBTQIA+ Washingtonians within the legal system through advocacy, education, and legal assistance.

Our Vision

A world in which no 2SLGBTQIA+ person will face additional barriers to authentic living, access to justice, or equality before the law because of their queer identity.

Our Services

QLaw Foundation offers a wide range of services to 2SLGBTQIA+ communities in Washington, including free consultations with an attorney, attorney referrals, trainings and presentations, legislative advocacy, litigation support, and amicus work.

QLaw Foundation was founded in 2008 as a community-oriented sibling organization to the QLaw Association of Washington, the LGBTQ+ bar association for Washington’s lawyers and legal professionals. While our organizations maintain separate boards and finances, we often work cooperatively on advocacy projects related to LGBTQ2S+ rights.  Our LGBTQ2S+ Legal Clinic opened its doors in July 2009, and was almost entirely volunteer-run until January 2019.  Since then, QLaw Foundation has expanded its legal services to include providing community legal resources, attorney and court trainings, systemic advocacy, and impact litigation.  We are proudly an organization that is run by, for, and about 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, grounded in and accountable to community relationships, centering the inherent wisdom our communities hold, and working for racial justice.

Staff

Veronica “Ronnie”
(she/her)

Co-Executive Director
Legal Programs

Rebekah
(she/her)

Co-Executive Director
Community Advocacy & Outreach

Shaun Wha
(they/them)

Co-Executive Director
Operations and Finance

Nicole
(she/her)

Development and Communications Manager

Frequent Collaborators

Stephanie

(she/they)

Peer Navigator

Board of Directors

Anthony

(he/him)

Board President

Minerva

(she/her)

Board Vice President

Tenya

(she/her/ella)

Board Secretary

Quita

(she/her)

Ariel

(he/him)

Rebecca “Becca”

(she/her)

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