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Across the United States in 2025, LGBTQ people navigate a legal landscape where hard-won rights coexist with aggressive rollbacks. Marriage equality remains on the books while multiple jurisdictions offer an "X" gender marker on IDs. Yet the current president has shown contempt for legal limits, issuing executive orders that nullify nonbinary passports, rescind civil-rights guidance, and flout judicial rulings, demonstrating that federal protections can be ignored or dismantled at will.
For transgender and gender nonbinary Americans the stakes are immediate and personal. Some states prohibit transition-related healthcare for minors and impose restrictions on adult care through insurance exclusions or professional penalties. Many transgender teens live in areas where evidence-based care is illegal, while federal directives instruct schools to police sports teams and restrooms based on birth-assigned sex. Hate-crime reports record bias-driven attacks, and too many trans or nonbinary youth consider self-harm, underscoring that true impartial service must actively protect dignity rather than remain passive.
Lesbian women, gay men, and bisexual people experience both cultural acceptance and persistent vulnerability. While same-sex marriage is legally recognized, many states lack comprehensive nondiscrimination laws, allowing service refusals in housing or employment without recourse. Hate-crime incidents targeting sexual orientation have risen, and bisexual adults face double stigma from straight peers and sometimes within LGBTQ circles, which contributes to mental health challenges. Legal recognition can be swept away by political whims, leaving protections as patchwork as the states themselves.
Family formation highlights both progress and complexity. Many same-sex couples are raising children and LGBTQ parents adopt and foster children, yet some states permit publicly funded foster or adoption agencies to refuse placements with LGBTQ parents on religious-freedom grounds. Supporters frame these laws as protecting conscience, while child-welfare experts warn they shrink the pool of homes for vulnerable children. Furthermore, uneven parentage statutes leave many queer parents without automatic legal ties to their own children, driving families to pursue additional court orders to secure parental rights.
This is where the LGBTQ Notary Association makes a tangible difference. Our directory signals that clients identities will be respected and documents handled to a rigorous standard of impartiality rooted in secular equality. Membership donations fund education campaigns that translate complex policy details into accessible guidance, and underwrite outreach to underserved areas. By joining, you commit your professional skill to defend against erasure and uphold equal dignity under law, because in an era when protections can be broken by executive fiat, your signature and your stamp matter more than ever.
Who We Welcome
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender-non-binary, intersex, and queer notaries
- Cisgender and heterosexual allies who affirm our Code of Conduct and are ready to uphold these standards without exception
The Pledge
- Serve every signer with dignity, accuracy, and respect, including correct names and pronouns
- Provide equitable treatment, and equal pricing, and scheduling to every client, regardless of orientation, identity, race, faith, or citizenship
- Decline any request to use personal beliefs to undermine a signers lawful rights
- Protect clients during signings by pausing the session and, when appropriate, requesting to proceed one-on-one
Committing to these standards is more than a professional promise, it changes lives. By upholding impartiality with compassion, you provide clients with confidence, security, and the affirmation that their identity and rights matter.
Membership Benefits Included In Every Tier
- A searchable listing in our public directory
- A digital badge for web and social media
- A printable certificate commemorating your membership and tier length
- Lifetime Legacy Vaults for Tier 2, and Tier 3 members
- Discounted Apex Notary Mentorship Coaching
- The Notarial Impartiality Standard Certification at no cost (launching Sept 1, 2025)
- The National Apostille Agent Certification at no cost (arriving late 2025)
- Will you notarize documents for a same-sex couple denied service elsewhere?
- Can you calmly assist a non-binary signer forced to use an ID that no longer reflects their identity?
- Are you prepared to request privacy if a family member misgenders or intimidates the signer?
2-Year LGBTQ-NA Membership
$157.41
- Includes printable certificate comemorating your your membership commitment
- Includes a Lifetime Legacy Vault plus a 10% discount compared to the one-year plan
- Notarial Impartiality Standard Certification by Truly Impartial Pros
- Apostille Certification by Truly Impartial Pros
- Discounted Apex Notary Mentorship Coaching
4-Year LGBTQ-NA Membership
$297.33
- Includes printable certificate comemorating your your membership commitment
- Includes a Lifetime Legacy Vault plus a 15% discount compared to the one-year plan
- Notarial Impartiality Standard Certification by Truly Impartial Pros
- Apostille Certification by Truly Impartial Pros
- Discounted Apex Notary Mentorship Coaching
1-Year LGBTQ-NA Membership
$87.45
- Includes printable certificate comemorating your your membership commitment
- Notarial Impartiality Standard Certification by Truly Impartial Pros
- Apostille Certification by Truly Impartial Pros
- Discounted Apex Notary Mentorship Coaching