Recognition (USA): Difference between revisions

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 ! Sex
 ! Change
+! Notes
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 | Alabama
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 | Maine
-| style="background-color:#f99;"| M or F only
+| style="background-color:#9ff;"| M, F, or X<ref name="Milton2020">{{Cite web |title=Non-binary people win vital legal recognition as Maine becomes 12th state to issue ‘X’ gender birth certificates |last=Milton |first=Josh |work=PinkNews |date=20 July 2020 |access-date=23 July 2020 |url= https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/20/maine-non-binary-birth-certificates-x-legal-recognition/}}</ref>
-| style="background-color:#ffb;"| Requires proof "that surgery/treatment has been 'completed'" to change sex designation.<ref name="LambdaBirth" />
+| style="background-color:#9ff;"| Requires an "individual notarized affirmation that the change is made to align the record with their gender
+identity." Name on birth certificate can only be changed at the same time as the gender marker change.<ref name="maine">{{Cite web |title=Gender Marker Change on Birth Certificates: Frequently Asked Questions |work=maine.gov |date= |access-date=23 July 2020 |url= https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/public-health-systems/data-research/vital-records/documents/pdf-files/QA%20for%20gender%20marker.pdf}}</ref>
+| "At the time of birth, parents may opt to have a nonbinary designation on the [baby's] birth certificate."<ref name="maine" />
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 | Maryland