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In the USA, official documentation such as driver's licenses, passports, and birth certificates all show an M or an F only. Only one person in the USA has managed to get a different gender marker than M or F, who was an adult intersex person who asked for theirs to say "hermaphrodite."<ref>"Litigation." ''Intersex and Genderqueer Recognition.'' [http://www.intersexrecognition.org/litigation. | In the USA, official documentation such as driver's licenses, passports, and birth certificates all show an M or an F only. Only one person in the USA has managed to get a different gender marker than M or F, who was an adult intersex person who asked for theirs to say "hermaphrodite."<ref>"Litigation." ''Intersex and Genderqueer Recognition.'' [http://www.intersexrecognition.org/litigation.htmlhttp://www.intersexrecognition.org/litigation.html]</ref> Currently, even changing one's gender marker from M to F or vice versa is difficult. Some states require proof of surgery (meaning a letter from the surgeon, or from a doctor who has examined the person) in order to change the gender marker on the identification, some states don't, and some states don't allow the gender marker to be changed at all. | ||
Activism for nonbinary and intersex people-- and transgender people of all kinds-- should ask for these forms of identification to allow another gender marker, such as X, and to be able to change one's gender marker more easily, without proof of surgery or other paperwork. Or better yet, activism should ask for these forms of identification to stop recording sex or gender entirely, because there are better ways to identify people now. That would make life and paperwork safer and easier for transgender people of all kinds. | Activism for nonbinary and intersex people-- and transgender people of all kinds-- should ask for these forms of identification to allow another gender marker, such as X, and to be able to change one's gender marker more easily, without proof of surgery or other paperwork. Or better yet, activism should ask for these forms of identification to stop recording sex or gender entirely, because there are better ways to identify people now. That would make life and paperwork safer and easier for transgender people of all kinds. | ||
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! Sex | ! Sex | ||
! Change | ! Change | ||
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| Alabama | | Alabama | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Arizona | | Arizona | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Arkansas | | Arkansas | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| California | | California | ||
| style="background-color:#f9d;"| M, F, or NB | | style="background-color:#f9d;"| M, F, or NB | ||
| style="background-color:#9f9;"| Allows change without a hearing upon request.<ref>https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179</ref><ref>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jtes/california-just-got-one-step-closer-to-nonbinary-ids</ref> | | style="background-color:#9f9;"| Allows change without a hearing upon request.<ref>https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179</ref><ref>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jtes/california-just-got-one-step-closer-to-nonbinary-ids</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Colorado | | Colorado | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Connecticut | | Connecticut | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation, no proof of surgery required.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation, no proof of surgery required.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Delaware | | Delaware | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| District of Columbia | | District of Columbia | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation, requiring only a letter from a doctor, not surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation, requiring only a letter from a doctor, not surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Florida | | Florida | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Georgia | | Georgia | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Hawaii | | Hawaii | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Idaho | | Idaho | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| Doesn't allow anyone to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#f99;"| Doesn't allow anyone to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Illinois | | Illinois | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Indiana | | Indiana | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation upon request, without requiring a letter from a doctor or surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation upon request, without requiring a letter from a doctor or surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Iowa | | Iowa | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires a doctor's proof of "surgery or other treatment [so that] a sex change has occurred" to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires a doctor's proof of "surgery or other treatment [so that] a sex change has occurred" to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Kansas | | Kansas | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| Doesn't allow anyone to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#f99;"| Doesn't allow anyone to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Kentucky | | Kentucky | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Louisiana | | Louisiana | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Maine | | Maine | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof "that surgery/treatment has been 'completed'" to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof "that surgery/treatment has been 'completed'" to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Maryland | | Maryland | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Massachusetts | | Massachusetts | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Michigan | | Michigan | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Minnesota | | Minnesota | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation upon request, without requiring a letter from a doctor or surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation upon request, without requiring a letter from a doctor or surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Mississippi | | Mississippi | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation upon request, without requiring a letter from a doctor or surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation upon request, without requiring a letter from a doctor or surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Missouri | | Missouri | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| Montana | | Montana | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| Nebraska | | Nebraska | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Nevada | | Nevada | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation upon request, without requiring a letter from a doctor or surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation upon request, without requiring a letter from a doctor or surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| New Hampshire | | New Hampshire | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation upon request, without requiring a letter from a doctor or surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation upon request, without requiring a letter from a doctor or surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| New Jersey | | New Jersey | ||
| style="background-color:# | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| M, F, or undesignated/nonbinary. The latter became available on February 1, 2019, making this the 6th state to offer nonbinary birth certificates.<ref name="PinkNewsNJ">https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/30/new-jersey-gender-neutral-birth-certificates/</ref> | ||
| style="background-color:# | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| In 2019, proof of medical transition or surgery is no longer required to change your birth certificate in this state. <ref name="PinkNewsNJ" /><ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| New Mexico | | New Mexico | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| New York | | New York | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation, requiring only a letter from a doctor, not surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation, requiring only a letter from a doctor, not surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| North Carolina | | North Carolina | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| North Dakota | | North Dakota | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| Ohio | | Ohio | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| M or F only, with only one case to the exception: an adult intersex person won a lawsuit to change their birth certificate to say "[[hermaphrodite]]."<ref>"Litigation." ''Intersex and Genderqueer Recognition.'' [http://www.intersexrecognition.org/litigation. | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| M or F only, with only one case to the exception: an adult intersex person won a lawsuit to change their birth certificate to say "[[hermaphrodite]]."<ref>"Litigation." ''Intersex and Genderqueer Recognition.'' [http://www.intersexrecognition.org/litigation.htmlhttp://www.intersexrecognition.org/litigation.html]</ref> | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| Doesn't allow anyone to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#f99;"| Doesn't allow anyone to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| Oklahoma | | Oklahoma | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| Oregon | | Oregon | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| M or F, with one exception where a birth certificate was changed to say "[[Nonbinary]]" <ref>http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/oregon-court-rules-non-binary-gender-legal/</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| M or F, with one exception where a birth certificate was changed to say "[[Nonbinary]]" <ref>http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/oregon-court-rules-non-binary-gender-legal/</ref> | ||
| style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation. Applicant must have undergone surgical, hormonal, or other treatment appropriate for that individual for the purpose of gender transition and that sexual reassignment has been completed. Surgery not required. Doctor letter may be required by a specific judge, though this is uncommon. <ref>http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/oregon-court-rules-non-binary-gender-legal/</ref> | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation. Applicant must have undergone surgical, hormonal, or other treatment appropriate for that individual for the purpose of gender transition and that sexual reassignment has been completed. Surgery not required. Doctor letter may be required by a specific judge, though this is uncommon. <ref>http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/oregon-court-rules-non-binary-gender-legal/</ref> | ||
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| Pennsylvania | | Pennsylvania | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| Rhode Island | | Rhode Island | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| South Carolina | | South Carolina | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| Allows people to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | Allows people to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| Tennessee | | Tennessee | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| Doesn't allow anyone to change sex designation. Furthermore, "this is the only state that has a statute specifically forbidding the correction of sex designations on birth certificates for transgender people."<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#f99;"| Doesn't allow anyone to change sex designation. Furthermore, "this is the only state that has a statute specifically forbidding the correction of sex designations on birth certificates for transgender people."<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| Texas | | Texas | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| Allows people to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | Allows people to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| Utah | | Utah | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| Allows people to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | Allows people to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| Vermont | | Vermont | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation, requiring only a letter from a doctor saying they've had a transition, not strictly surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation, requiring only a letter from a doctor saying they've had a transition, not strictly surgery.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| Virginia | | Virginia | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| Washington | | Washington | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation, requiring only a letter from a doctor.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation, requiring only a letter from a doctor.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| Wisconsin | | Wisconsin | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| Allows people to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | Allows people to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| Wyoming | | Wyoming | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only | ||
| Allows people to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | | Allows people to change sex designation.<ref>http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| Colorado | | Colorado | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only. "The legal team at the Intersex & Genderqueer Recognition Project assisted with challenges by an intersex resident of Colorado who was denied a non-binary drivers license. A discrimination charge was made to the Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The applicant lost their case. Litigation team is regrouping and looking in to alternate strategies."<ref>"Litigation." ''Intersex and Genderqueer Recognition.'' [http://www.intersexrecognition.org/litigation. | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only. "The legal team at the Intersex & Genderqueer Recognition Project assisted with challenges by an intersex resident of Colorado who was denied a non-binary drivers license. A discrimination charge was made to the Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The applicant lost their case. Litigation team is regrouping and looking in to alternate strategies."<ref>"Litigation." ''Intersex and Genderqueer Recognition.'' [http://www.intersexrecognition.org/litigation.htmlhttp://www.intersexrecognition.org/litigation.html]</ref> | ||
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| Oregon | | Oregon | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only. In June 2016, the Oregon DMV said they can't issue a nonbinary driver's license, even to Jamie Shupe, who is legally nonbinary.<ref>Gordon Friedman, "Ore. DMV says it can't issue license to nonbinary person." ''Statesman Journal.'' June 22, 2016. [http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/21/ore-dmv-says-cant-issue-license-nonbinary-person/86183112/ http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/21/ore-dmv-says-cant-issue-license-nonbinary-person/86183112/]</ref> | | style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only. In June 2016, the Oregon DMV said they can't issue a nonbinary driver's license, even to Jamie Shupe, who is legally nonbinary.<ref>Gordon Friedman, "Ore. DMV says it can't issue license to nonbinary person." ''Statesman Journal.'' June 22, 2016. [http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/21/ore-dmv-says-cant-issue-license-nonbinary-person/86183112/http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/21/ore-dmv-says-cant-issue-license-nonbinary-person/86183112/]</ref> | ||
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====Military ID==== | ====Military ID==== | ||
Military retiree ID cards provide an option for photo ID for some transgender people, as they don't display gender on them. However, these cards are only available to those who served in the military, and not accessible to all transgender people.<ref>"Frequently Asked Questions" ''Transgender American Veterans Association'' [http://www.tavausa.org/faq. | Military retiree ID cards provide an option for photo ID for some transgender people, as they don't display gender on them. However, these cards are only available to those who served in the military, and not accessible to all transgender people.<ref>"Frequently Asked Questions" ''Transgender American Veterans Association'' [http://www.tavausa.org/faq.htmlhttp://www.tavausa.org/faq.html]</ref> | ||
====Social Security card==== | ====Social Security card==== | ||