I'm in the middle of changing the sex on my passport, and I thought I would share the information I received from the passport authority. THe requirements for passports are lower than for birth certificates:

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So I'm doing a DIY deed poll to change my birthname. Under UK law you can just print the form out with the right names in the right places and send it out to whoever it concerns. I was wondering if anyone knew the deal with changing title? I know that a deed poll doesnt count as a change of gender, but all the sites that will charge you for these ( Read more... )

Just wanted to post my experience with name change, social security, and driver license for anyone who might find it helpful.

I am located in East TN, and have had only top surgery (as far as SRS goes). That being said, I WAS NOT BORN in Tennessee, so experiences may vary with this, though nothing I did today involved my birth certificate.

( My experience with Court, the DMV, and the SS Office. )

but does anyone know of the existence of something like a record-seal in regards to social security? i already have my gender changed to the proper one, but i did get a quick glance at the computer  (they need to show you for safe measure that they DID make the change you request) and i saw that they had two listings, in chronological order, ( Read more... )

I was just wondering if anyone could help me with some information. In Ontario (Canada) the requirements to get sex mark changed on your birth certificate is to undergo a transgenders surgery. I know they count orchi's, hysterectomies and chest surgery (adding or subtracting) under this category. I am just wondering if anyone knows if FFS can be ( Read more... )

But here in the UK, when will I be legally female?

I'm gonna be cross-posting this to the ftm community, too, fyi.

But I've got a question and didn't find it in the tags although I might've not gone far back enough (you can only go so far before your mind starts to mix around the words and it all looks the giberish).  Anyway, I recently had top surgery with Dr. Costas here in Massachusetts.  He ( Read more... )

Something I've been curious about, but haven't seen addressed specifically, is the issue of having the sex marker in Dr's offices/medical systems still listed as female ( Read more... )