Texas Birth Certificate Process CHANGED!!

[AngieT]

I mean, what is required within the court order?  SRS?  Orchie?

I'd imagine that the court requirements will vary depending on your local court requirements.  Some states are more lenient than others, so YMMV.  Good luck!

[DawnOday]

How can Ohio still not change them at all?

States rights. It was settled 153 years ago with the death of 600,000 Americans.

[Amy1988]

Texas, when forced to comply with the Marriage Equality ruling, was asked if they are treating LGBT people different in another way. The topic of birth certificates came up and the judge moved to fix that too.

Texas is now issuing NEW birth certificates instead of amending the old, sealing the old one away, all with just a court order, not surgery!


http://m.dallasvoice.com/texas-issuing-birth-certificates-trans-people-10211698.html 🔗

I wish Louisiana would do that but probably fat chance.

[Mohini]

Thank you for the article!  Does this mean that when the old BC is sealed, and a new one put in its place, that is has the corrected name AND the sex/gender just from a name change order, or that it still requires the letter form a surgeon to change the gender from birth to current?

[rtg]

Thank you for the article!  Does this mean that when the old BC is sealed, and a new one put in its place, that is has the corrected name AND the sex/gender just from a name change order, or that it still requires the letter form a surgeon to change the gender from birth to current?

My court order was for name and gender change, it was from a MN court but Texas Vital Statistics honored it without any proof of surgery (I've had none) and sent me a brand new long form birth certificate with no indications it was changed or amended - although the "Issue Date" is from 2016.   Not sure how helpful that is if you're facing a Texas judge to get your court order though.

[rtg]

Also, I don't think I'm allowed to post links - but if you google "amend this!", one of the top links is a dallas voice article with the forms required, cost, etc - that is what I followed and it worked fine

[AngieT]

My court order was for name and gender change, it was from a MN court but Texas Vital Statistics honored it without any proof of surgery (I've had none) and sent me a brand new long form birth certificate with no indications it was changed or amended - although the "Issue Date" is from 2016.   Not sure how helpful that is if you're facing a Texas judge to get your court order though.

That is so awesome to hear!  I finally got my "gender reassignment order" from Superior Court here in WA, and it should be arriving in Austin (overnight) tomorrow.  I'm hoping all goes as well as in your case.  Now 13 years post, I'm ready to move forward with my life.