Sasha Buchert

Sasha Buchert is a staff attorney at Transgender Law Center. Previously she served as Communications Manager of Basic Rights Oregon, the state's chief LGBT advocacy organization, and most recently the Transgender Policy Organizer. She is a member of Basic Rights Oregon's legal advisory group where she has worked on a wide range of transgender policy issues, and is a member of the Transgender Justice Working Group, a group of community members driving transgender justice forward in the state. She is a board member of the LGBT Bar Association of Oregon, and is the current chair of the Oregon State Hospital Advisory Board and is the first openly transgender person to be appointed to an Oregon state board. Sasha often presents "Know Your Rights" talks addressing LGBT legal rights and has hosts a community radio program focused on queer culture. She received her J.D. from Willamette University.