Making it easier for transgenders to get new birth certificates

[Amelia Pond]

Making it easier for transgenders to get new birth certificates
Alexei Koseff, Los Angeles Times, August 5, 2013, 5:00 a.m.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-transgender-laws-20130805,0,4371518.story

The District of Columbia Council passes the country's most liberal policy for updating birth certificates, one that transgender activists hope will become a nationwide model...

Last month, the District of Columbia Council passed the country's most liberal policy for updating birth certificates, one that transgender activists hope will become a nationwide model. The mayor is expected to sign it Tuesday.

Activists say the tremendous boost to gay marriage provided by the Supreme Court's rulings in June ultimately will benefit everyone in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. This, they say, is the time to focus on the needs of transgender people, who are seen as the most vulnerable of the four groups.

[TiaNadiezja]

We ought to be able to change our documents by simply filling out a short form.  We shouldn't need other people to validate our identities in order to have them recognized.

Anything that puts control over how the law sees our identities in the hands of anyone but ourselves is unacceptable.