Pelecanos is a Staff Attorney at Lambda Legal specializing in constitutional and civil rights law, where they have worked since 2023. They earned their J.D. from the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law with a Constitutional Rights and Remedies Certificate, and previously interned with the ACLU of Colorado and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. A co-author of a published law review article tracing the U.S. legal history of transgender discrimination, Pelecanos is also an active board member of the National Trans Bar Association.
