Wednesday, the Montana Senate passed the anti-trans bill SB 10 that aims to undo the work by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (HHS) to make it easier for Montanans to change birth certificate gender makers. Senate Bill 10 was introduced as part of Montana’s current special session, called to address the…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A proposed bill in the Arkansas State Legislature would prohibit changes to a person’s gender marker on their birth certificate, a move that would disproportionately affect transgender Arkansans. The bill, H.B. 1894, doubles down on discrimination, and would make an onerous process even more difficult for transgender Arkansans seeking to have…
The Vital Statistics Modernization Act (AB 433) became law Jan. 1, 2012. It alleviated the confusion, anxiety and even danger that trans people in California face when they have identity documents that do not reflect who they are. Authored by Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal, the act changed the documentation standard for obtaining a legal gender change…
During the past few years I’ve been changing my documented gender at various government agencies. I’ve obtained a court ordered change of documented gender with the state of California and used that court order to obtain a new birth certificate indicating I was born female. I also have provided required documents and followed specified procedures…
DUBLIN — In what the Irish government is calling a work ‘in progress,’ transgendered nationals are still banned from changing their birth certificate to reflect their new identities while those from other nations are not reports the Irish Times. “The General Registrar Office in Ireland will accept a birth certificate amended by another state where…
