Trans Resource Navigator

Local help in New Orleans

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New Orleans has the state's largest cluster of trans-affirming services, centered on CrescentCare, a sliding-scale community health center with LGBTQ primary care, PrEP, and same-day STI testing, and on free legal help from CrescentCare Legal Services and local legal aid groups. Name change petitions for Orleans Parish residents are filed at Civil District Court on Loyola Avenue.

Covers: Orleans Parish and the Greater New Orleans area

Draft list from organizations' own websites, 2026-09-24. Call ahead: hours and services change.

On this page
  1. Where to file
  2. Name change and ID help
  3. Hormones and primary care
  4. Sexual health, PrEP, and testing
  5. Mental health and support
  6. Sources

Where to file a name change

Court
Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans (Clerk of Court, Civil Division)[1][2]
Filing fee
$250

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Filing tips for this courtFile at the Civil Division, 421 Loyola Avenue, Room 402 (504-407-0000). The petition for name change fee is $250 ($225 plus $25 building…

File at the Civil Division, 421 Loyola Avenue, Room 402 (504-407-0000). The petition for name change fee is $250 ($225 plus $25 building fund) as of July 1, 2026; certified copies are $3 per page. The clerk's forms page has the In Forma Pauperis affidavit.

Name change and ID help 4

Hormones and primary care 1

  • CrescentCare[3][4][5]

    Federally qualified health center with LGBTQ-affirming and gender-affirming primary care, HIV care, behavioral health, and dental, on a sliding scale. Weekdays 8:30 am to 5 pm by appointment; call 504-821-2601.

    • Sliding scale
    • Sees uninsured patients
    504-821-26012515 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70119

Sexual health, PrEP, and testing 3

Mental health and support 1

Sources

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  1. Civil District Court civil filing fee schedule, effective July 1, 2026Orleans Parish Civil Clerk of Court, Court. accessed
    “Petition for Name Change: $225.00, building fund $25.00, total $250.00.”
  2. Civil forms (In Forma Pauperis Affidavit)Orleans Parish Civil Clerk of Court, Court. accessed
  3. LGBTQ health and wellnessCrescentCare, Organization. accessed
  4. Hours and locationsCrescentCare, Organization. accessed
  5. LSU-CrescentCare Sexual Health CenterCrescentCare, Organization. accessed
    “The Sexual Health Center is located at CrescentCare's MidCity location at 2515 Canal Street.”
  6. PrEP and PEP for HIV PreventionCrescentCare, Organization. accessed
  7. The Pro Bono ProjectOrganization. accessed
    “We provide free legal services to low-income residents of 6 local parishes.”
  8. Get HelpSoutheast Louisiana Legal Services, Organization. accessed
  9. ResourcesLouisiana Trans Advocates, Organization. accessed
  10. New Orleans Health DepartmentCity of New Orleans, Official page. accessed
  11. Trans LifelineOrganization. accessed