[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

Hi, folks. I thought it may be useful to make a list with all how to change your gender/sex markers in one place.


1) Birth Certificates. These depend on your state, most often you have to have had SRS (top surgery for FTMs, and bottom surgery for MTFs), and have a letter from your surgeon.

http://www.lambdalegal.org/publicati...ity-to-amend#D

2) Driver's License = depends on your state. Some require only a letter from your gender therapist or your HRT provider

http://transequality.org/Resources/DL/DL_policies.html

3) Passport is a letter from ANY of your physicians (including your PCP)

http://transequality.org/Resources/passports_2012.pdf

4) Social Security Card: A letter from your physican stated that you are your confirmed gender. This physician must be a participant in your transition related care. You used to have to present proof of SRS (top surgery for trans men, bottom surgery for trans women). Now SSA is acknowleding that "transition" for FTMs/MTFs does not always include surgery. This is a recent change.

http://www.lambdalegal.org/blog/lamb...-marker-policy

I hope this is helpful. If there are updates to the above in the future, please update the thread. If I have made any error here, please let me know!

I made an error in the above quote part. The definition of SRS is not always top surgery for trans men and bottom surgery for trans women. It depends on the State. Sometimes it is not defined at all and it is up to the judge's discretion. Just wanted to clarify.