I sent in my court order for gender change when I applied for a passport. They sent a letter requesting 'proof of completed SRS,' which I provided and soon enough the passport came--
i'm not sure of Tx law, but i would suspect that if your marriage were to ever be questioned (again, i'm not sure if/how this would/could happen), your unchanged BC could prove a problem.
ya might want to contact the transgender law center for advice.
...Yeah, you're likely to get screwed on this one.
Texas is one of the infamous states with shitty caselaw on trans marriages. Look up Littleton v. Prange, a case from 1999. A transwoman who was fully post-op by the time she married a man was deemed to NOT be female and therefore her marriage was invalid because it was void ab initio as a gay marriage. "Ceremonial marriage between a man and a transsexual born as a man, but surgically and chemically altered to have the physical characteristics of a woman, was not valid, and thus, transsexual lacked standing as man's surviving spouse to bring claim under wrongful death and survival statutes, even though transsexual and man were married for seven years, and she officially changed her birth certificate to reflect her altered status as a woman."
Littleton CasetransboybriceOctober 24 2008, 23:06:16 UTC
Technically, the ruling only applies to the 4th Court of Appeals - basically the area around San Antonio. As long as the OP doesn't live in the jurisdiction, it's valid. (I'm not saying it couldn't be contested and precedent could be argued, but he'd have a chance to fight it)
I walked in to get my MC and didn't bring my social security card so i went down and filled out a new voter registration card after i could not remember what address i had last registered at as Sarah. SO i got that done and then walked back to the clerk and signed the MC.
Best of luck to you, also a legal document signed by both saying that she knew you were born a woman but had transitioned and lived fully as male is a great idea. we still need to draw ours up.
I got married in DC last summer. To my relief and sheer horror, NOBODY ever asked me for photo ID. They just took my application form. I think in a world where we as trans people get interrogated for our ID, have to prove who we are left and right, the mainstream non-trans world can be a bit of a shock.
Hell, I'm on my wife's health care insurance now, and all she had to do was SAY we are married. Nobody asked to see the certificate.
That's privilege, I suppose. Nonetheless, I think bringing your passport would be fine as proof of your identity. Good luck!
They said a photo ID and SS# is required. I'm male on both, and figured I'd go ahead and use the passport since it's federally issued and could hold more weight than a state-issued DL if ever questioned. I'm glad to hear that everything worked out well for you, especially with insurance. I work for BCM, which provides domestic partner benefits, so my fiance has already been covered for over a year with them. WOOHOO!
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How'd you get male on your passport without it being on your BC? I thought you needed to present your BC in order to get a passport
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ya might want to contact the transgender law center for advice.
good luck, and congrats.
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Texas is one of the infamous states with shitty caselaw on trans marriages. Look up Littleton v. Prange, a case from 1999. A transwoman who was fully post-op by the time she married a man was deemed to NOT be female and therefore her marriage was invalid because it was void ab initio as a gay marriage. "Ceremonial marriage between a man and a transsexual born as a man, but surgically and chemically altered to have the physical characteristics of a woman, was not valid, and thus, transsexual lacked standing as man's surviving spouse to bring claim under wrongful death and survival statutes, even though transsexual and man were married for seven years, and she officially changed her birth certificate to reflect her altered status as a woman."
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Best of luck to you, also a legal document signed by both saying that she knew you were born a woman but had transitioned and lived fully as male is a great idea. we still need to draw ours up.
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Hell, I'm on my wife's health care insurance now, and all she had to do was SAY we are married. Nobody asked to see the certificate.
That's privilege, I suppose. Nonetheless, I think bringing your passport would be fine as proof of your identity. Good luck!
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