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Birth Certificate from Puerto Rico/Gender Marker Changes/Changing BC

Started by Stewie, May 23, 2012, 01:38:55 PM

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Stewie

Okay, so it is sort of disheartening to know that Puerto Rico does not allow someone who is trans to change their gender marker. I am wondering if I can legally change the birth certificate in the U.S. I live in Florida. Is it legal or even possible?

Does anyone have any suggestions or options available to me? Other than just changing my passport? I live in Florida and even if I did change my birth certificate, I wouldn't be able to legally marry my partner. So what if I moved to another state that would accept our marriage as valid. But I ONLY had my passport changed. Would I still be legally married? With my license and social security saying I am now legally male.
I'm FTM by the way.

This is all sort of a downer at this point. If I have a child with my partner, I can't be put under his/her birth certificate as the father. Laws just suck right now. You always see things for same-sex partners but never see anything for transgender people on the news.
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Sarah Louise

You can only change the birth certificate in the state (or Country) in which you were born.  Where you currently live makes no difference.
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