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In the USA, many colleges use paperwork that make problems for transgender people, especially nonbinary people: | In the USA, many colleges use paperwork that make problems for transgender people, especially nonbinary people: | ||
<blockquote>"The Common Application, used by hundreds of colleges as their only means to apply, forces you to choose a gender of M or F, and states you must use your [assigned at birth] gender. There is no way around it that doesn’t threaten the validity of your entire application. If you feel you can’t apply to college using your [assigned at birth] gender, then there are some very good colleges that don’t use the Common App, where you can apply without being forced to choose a binary gender designation. While Shimer College in Chicago is the ONLY school I have found that allows you to state your gender on the application [...] other colleges at least give you the ability to opt out of choosing M or F. [...] Even if a college doesn’t give you an opportunity to designate your gender [identity] in their supplemental questions, you can still do so in your essay, or in the 'additional comments' section of the Common App." - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iXcTiWKvTVfIYDx0ciZnZI5Bw5R_hfCdfTZKJPHpeHI/edit?pli=1 Applying to College as a Non Binary Trans Person]</blockquote> | <blockquote>"The Common Application, used by hundreds of colleges as their only means to apply, forces you to choose a gender of M or F, and states you must use your [assigned at birth] gender. There is no way around it that doesn’t threaten the validity of your entire application. If you feel you can’t apply to college using your [assigned at birth] gender, then there are some very good colleges that don’t use the Common App, where you can apply without being forced to choose a binary gender designation. While Shimer College in Chicago is the ONLY school I have found that allows you to state your gender on the application [...] other colleges at least give you the ability to opt out of choosing M or F. [...] Even if a college doesn’t give you an opportunity to designate your gender [identity] in their supplemental questions, you can still do so in your essay, or in the 'additional comments' section of the Common App." - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iXcTiWKvTVfIYDx0ciZnZI5Bw5R_hfCdfTZKJPHpeHI/edit?pli=1 Applying to College as a Non Binary Trans Person]<ref name="College">[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iXcTiWKvTVfIYDx0ciZnZI5Bw5R_hfCdfTZKJPHpeHI/edit?pli=1 Applying to College as a Non Binary Trans Person]</ref></blockquote> | ||
The [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iXcTiWKvTVfIYDx0ciZnZI5Bw5R_hfCdfTZKJPHpeHI/edit?pli=1 Applying to College as a Non Binary Trans Person] article is highly recommended, because it goes into more detail about many aspects of college life for a nonbinary person in the USA, and some common problems in paperwork. | The [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iXcTiWKvTVfIYDx0ciZnZI5Bw5R_hfCdfTZKJPHpeHI/edit?pli=1 Applying to College as a Non Binary Trans Person] article is highly recommended, because it goes into more detail about many aspects of college life for a nonbinary person in the USA, and some common problems in paperwork. | ||
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| American University | | American University | ||
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| Allows gender-neutral housing, "limited to the 'social justice' house for first years"<ref | | Allows gender-neutral housing, "limited to the 'social justice' house for first years"<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Bard College | | Bard College | ||
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| Allows gender-neutral housing<ref | | Allows gender-neutral housing<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Bowling Green State University | | Bowling Green State University | ||
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| Burlington College | | Burlington College | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Can choose "I do not wish to identify"<ref | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Can choose "I do not wish to identify"<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| College of Wooster | | College of Wooster | ||
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| Allows gender-neutral housing<ref | | Allows gender-neutral housing<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Connecticut College | | Connecticut College | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| Uses the Common App, which requires you to say whether you were assigned F or M at birth, not gender identity<ref | | style="background-color:#f99;"| Uses the Common App, which requires you to say whether you were assigned F or M at birth, not gender identity<ref name="College" /> | ||
| Recognizes the problem with the Common App, and lets you say your actual gender identity in more questions.<ref | | Recognizes the problem with the Common App, and lets you say your actual gender identity in more questions.<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Dickinson College | | Dickinson College | ||
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| Allows gender-neutral housing, new to first years<ref | | Allows gender-neutral housing, new to first years<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Evergreen State College, the | | Evergreen State College, the | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Can choose "unspecified"<ref | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Can choose "unspecified"<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Gutenberg College | | Gutenberg College | ||
| style="background-color:#9f9;"| Paper application doesn't ask<ref | | style="background-color:#9f9;"| Paper application doesn't ask<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Goucher College | | Goucher College | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| Application requires you to say whether your "sex" is M or F only, then asks a separate question in which you can write in your "gender."<ref | | style="background-color:#f99;"| Application requires you to say whether your "sex" is M or F only, then asks a separate question in which you can write in your "gender."<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Grinnell College | | Grinnell College | ||
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| Allows gender-neutral housing<ref | | Allows gender-neutral housing<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Hampshire College | | Hampshire College | ||
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| Allows gender-neutral housing. Has gender-neutral bathrooms in all dorms and all over campus. Campus-wide student culture treats asking about preferred pronouns as a matter of basic etiquette.<ref | | Allows gender-neutral housing. Has gender-neutral bathrooms in all dorms and all over campus. Campus-wide student culture treats asking about preferred pronouns as a matter of basic etiquette.<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Haverford | | Haverford | ||
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| Doesn't say it has gender-neutral housing, but "regularly offers singles even to first years, and some floors have gender-neutral bathrooms".<ref | | Doesn't say it has gender-neutral housing, but "regularly offers singles even to first years, and some floors have gender-neutral bathrooms".<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY) | | Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY) | ||
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| Has a gender-inclusive housing option that is friendly to genderqueer students. Has a speech pathology clinic to help transgender students with voice training for free.<ref>Dr. Genny Beemyn and Shane Windmeyer. ''The Advocate.'' August 15, 2012. http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2012/08/15/top-10-trans-friendly-colleges-and-universities?page=0,0 Mirror: http://www.campuspride.org/resources/top-10-trans/</ref> | | Has a gender-inclusive housing option that is friendly to genderqueer students. Has a speech pathology clinic to help transgender students with voice training for free.<ref name="Beemyn2012">Dr. Genny Beemyn and Shane Windmeyer. ''The Advocate.'' August 15, 2012. http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2012/08/15/top-10-trans-friendly-colleges-and-universities?page=0,0 Mirror: http://www.campuspride.org/resources/top-10-trans/</ref> | ||
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| Juniata College | | Juniata College | ||
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| Allows gender-neutral housing, new to first years<ref | | Allows gender-neutral housing, new to first years<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Macalester College | | Macalester College | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| Uses the Common App, which requires you to say whether you were assigned F or M at birth, not gender identity<ref | | style="background-color:#f99;"| Uses the Common App, which requires you to say whether you were assigned F or M at birth, not gender identity<ref name="College" /> | ||
| Recognizes the problem with the Common App, and lets you say your actual gender identity in more questions. Allows gender-neutral housing.<ref | | Recognizes the problem with the Common App, and lets you say your actual gender identity in more questions. Allows gender-neutral housing.<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| New College of Florida | | New College of Florida | ||
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| Doesn't say it has gender-neutral housing, but "has a campus community known for accepting gender-variant students—it works for some trans students because of the college’s informal acceptance, even if the school doesn’t have stated policies."<ref | | Doesn't say it has gender-neutral housing, but "has a campus community known for accepting gender-variant students—it works for some trans students because of the college’s informal acceptance, even if the school doesn’t have stated policies."<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| New York University (New York, NY) | | New York University (New York, NY) | ||
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| Has a trans student group and several popular transgender focused events.<ref | | Has a trans student group and several popular transgender focused events.<ref name="Beemyn2012" /> | ||
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| Oberlin College | | Oberlin College | ||
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| Allows gender-neutral housing. Campus-wide student culture treats asking about preferred pronouns as a matter of basic etiquette.<ref | | Allows gender-neutral housing. Campus-wide student culture treats asking about preferred pronouns as a matter of basic etiquette.<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Pitzer College | | Pitzer College | ||
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| Allows gender-neutral housing. Lets you "indicate a gender preference for your roommate (but won't guarantee you'll get your preference)" [...] Pitzer also has the best housing application I've seen in terms of trans-friendliness".<ref | | Allows gender-neutral housing. Lets you "indicate a gender preference for your roommate (but won't guarantee you'll get your preference)" [...] Pitzer also has the best housing application I've seen in terms of trans-friendliness".<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Prescott College | | Prescott College | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| Paper application has only M and F boxes<ref | | style="background-color:#f99;"| Paper application has only M and F boxes<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) | | Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) | ||
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| Gives a lot of transgender focused programming and events, and works to be transgender inclusive in its services.<ref | | Gives a lot of transgender focused programming and events, and works to be transgender inclusive in its services.<ref name="Beemyn2012" /> | ||
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| Shimer College (in Chicago, Illinois) | | Shimer College (in Chicago, Illinois) | ||
| style="background-color:#9ff;"| Online form lets you write in a gender as you wish<ref | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Online form lets you write in a gender as you wish<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Skidmore College | | Skidmore College | ||
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| Allows gender-neutral housing<ref | | Allows gender-neutral housing<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| St. Johns College | | St. Johns College | ||
| style="background-color:#9f9;"| Paper application doesn't ask<ref | | style="background-color:#9f9;"| Paper application doesn't ask<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) | | University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) | ||
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| One of the first schools to cover transgender health care under its student health insurance, and makes it easy to access these benefits. Campus has gender-inclusive athletic facilities and more than 120 gender-inclusive bathrooms.<ref | | One of the first schools to cover transgender health care under its student health insurance, and makes it easy to access these benefits. Campus has gender-inclusive athletic facilities and more than 120 gender-inclusive bathrooms.<ref name="Beemyn2012" /> | ||
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| University of California - Riverside (UCR) | | University of California - Riverside (UCR) | ||
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| Has trans and genderqueer focused events. <ref | | Has trans and genderqueer focused events. <ref name="Beemyn2012" /> Allows gender-neutral housing, as do all U of California schools, but this particular one is said to be "especially good" with "many options" of that kind.<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| University of California - Santa Cruz | | University of California - Santa Cruz | ||
| Online application form gives about six gender options.<ref>http://practicalandrogyny.com/2011/03/24/a-call-for-examples/</ref> | | Online application form gives about six gender options.<ref name="PracticalExamples">http://practicalandrogyny.com/2011/03/24/a-call-for-examples/</ref> | ||
| Allows gender-neutral housing<ref | | Allows gender-neutral housing<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| University of Massachusetts, Amherst | | University of Massachusetts, Amherst | ||
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| Formerly had actively transphobic faculty, but now works to be trans inclusive.<ref | | Formerly had actively transphobic faculty, but now works to be trans inclusive.<ref name="Beemyn2012" /> | ||
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| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | ||
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| Works to be trans inclusive. Lets students be listed and called by a preferred name, in all contexts, rather than their legal name. Student culture accepts openly transgender students.<ref | | Works to be trans inclusive. Lets students be listed and called by a preferred name, in all contexts, rather than their legal name. Student culture accepts openly transgender students.<ref name="Beemyn2012" /> | ||
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| University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) | | University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Can choose "unspecified"<ref | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Can choose "unspecified"<ref name="College" /> | ||
| Works to be trans inclusive by introducing trans friendly policies before they're asked for. Rec center has gender-inclusive locker rooms. Most buildings have gender-inclusive bathrooms.<ref | | Works to be trans inclusive by introducing trans friendly policies before they're asked for. Rec center has gender-inclusive locker rooms. Most buildings have gender-inclusive bathrooms.<ref name="Beemyn2012" /> Allows gender-neutral housing.<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) | | University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) | ||
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| LGBT center has its own two-story building. Student culture is accepting of openly transgender people. Student health service is knowledgeable about trans health issues.<ref | | LGBT center has its own two-story building. Student culture is accepting of openly transgender people. Student health service is knowledgeable about trans health issues.<ref name="Beemyn2012" /> | ||
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| University of Puget Sound | | University of Puget Sound | ||
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| Allows gender-neutral housing, new to first years<ref | | Allows gender-neutral housing, new to first years<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| University of Vermont (UVM) (Burlington, VT) | | University of Vermont (UVM) (Burlington, VT) | ||
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| Nondiscrimination policy includes "gender identity/expression." Has trans focused events. Lets students be listed by preferred name. Works to help other schools be transgender inclusive.<ref | | Nondiscrimination policy includes "gender identity/expression." Has trans focused events. Lets students be listed by preferred name. Works to help other schools be transgender inclusive.<ref name="Beemyn2012" /> | ||
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| University of Washington (UW) (Seattle, WA) | | University of Washington (UW) (Seattle, WA) | ||
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| Allows gender-neutral housing.<ref | | Allows gender-neutral housing.<ref name="College" /> Has had a Q Center since 2005, which "welcomes students, staff, and faculty who are transgender". The University plans that in 2016 it will "broaden gender-neutral options for housing to include all of the new residence halls on west campus as well as Haggett Hall, which has provided gender-neutral bathrooms and living quarters for several years. ... UW staff is working on giving students an easy option to change gender on University forms."<ref>Julie Garner, "True to self." ''Columns: The University of Washington Alumni Magazine'', September 10, 2015. [https://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns-magazine/september-2015/features/transgender/ https://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns-magazine/september-2015/features/transgender/]</ref> | ||
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| Vassar | | Vassar | ||
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| Doesn't say it has gender-neutral housing, but "has gender-neutral bathrooms throughout campus and in all the dorms".<ref | | Doesn't say it has gender-neutral housing, but "has gender-neutral bathrooms throughout campus and in all the dorms".<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Warren Wilson college | | Warren Wilson college | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| Application requires you to say whether your "sex" is M or F only, then asks a separate question in which you can write in your "gender."<ref | | style="background-color:#f99;"| Application requires you to say whether your "sex" is M or F only, then asks a separate question in which you can write in your "gender."<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Wesleyan University | | Wesleyan University | ||
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| Allows gender-neutral housing<ref | | Allows gender-neutral housing<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Western Washington University | | Western Washington University | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Can choose "unspecified"<ref | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Can choose "unspecified"<ref name="College" /> | ||
| Allows gender-neutral housing<ref | | Allows gender-neutral housing<ref name="College" /> | ||
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| Doesn't print title on debit or credit card.<ref | | Doesn't print title on debit or credit card.<ref name="PracticalExamples" /> | ||
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| Chase (bank) | | Chase (bank) | ||
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| Doesn't print title on debit or credit card.<ref | | Doesn't print title on debit or credit card.<ref name="PracticalExamples" /> | ||
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| SunTrust (bank) | | SunTrust (bank) | ||
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| Doesn't print title on debit or credit card.<ref | | Doesn't print title on debit or credit card.<ref name="PracticalExamples" /> | ||
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| Wells Fargo (bank) | | Wells Fargo (bank) | ||
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| Doesn't print title on debit or credit card.<ref | | Doesn't print title on debit or credit card.<ref name="PracticalExamples" /> | ||
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Red: State does not alter sex on birth certificates for transsexual people]] | Red: State does not alter sex on birth certificates for transsexual people]] | ||
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. | 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 name="Litigation">"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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| 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 name="LambdaBirth">http://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/transgender/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations</ref> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| California | | California | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation, no proof of surgery required.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation, requiring only a letter from a doctor, not surgery.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#f99;"| Doesn't allow anyone to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation upon request, without requiring a letter from a doctor or surgery.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | 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 name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#f99;"| Doesn't allow anyone to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof "that surgery/treatment has been 'completed'" to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation upon request, without requiring a letter from a doctor or surgery.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation upon request, without requiring a letter from a doctor or surgery.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| 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 | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation upon request, without requiring a letter from a doctor or surgery.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation upon request, without requiring a letter from a doctor or surgery.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| New Jersey | | New Jersey | ||
| 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:#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:#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 | | 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 name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation, requiring only a letter from a doctor, not surgery.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | 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 name="Litigation" /> | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;"| Doesn't allow anyone to change sex designation.<ref | | style="background-color:#f99;"| Doesn't allow anyone to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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| Oregon | | Oregon | ||
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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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | Allows people to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | 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 name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | Allows people to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | Allows people to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | 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 name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof of surgery to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | style="background-color:#9ff;"| Allows people to change sex designation, requiring only a letter from a doctor.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | Allows people to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | Allows people to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" /> | ||
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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 | | 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 name="Litigation" /> | ||
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