Gender Recognition Act (California Senate Bill 179): Difference between revisions

California's '''Gender Recognition Act''' (Senate Bill 179) was signed into law on October 15, 2017.<ref name="TLC-factsheet">{{Cite web |title=Fact Sheet: California’s Gender Recognition Act (SB 179) |author= |work=Transgender Law Center |date= |access-date=19 November 2020 |url= https://transgenderlawcenter.org/resources/id/ca-sb179}}</ref> This bill made it significantly easier for [[transgender]] and/or [[nonbinary]] people to get their [[legal gender]] to match their [[gender identity]], by removing the requirement for any form of medical [[transition]].<ref name="BillText">{{Cite web |title=Bill Text - SB-179 Gender identity: female, male, or nonbinary. |author= |work=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov |date= |access-date=November 19, 2020 |url= https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179}}</ref>