Quote from: Jasonk16 on July 17, 2008, 05:19:01 PM
Did you have to have top and bottom surgery to change it though?
It entirely depends on what state you live in. In CA, for instance, I believe you just have to prove intent to transition. You don't have to have had any surgery.
In MN, as I recall, you have to have "completed surgical transition" or some vague terminology like that, but what counts as "the surgery" really depends on the whim of the clerk you are dealing with that day.
For the U.S. government (passports and the like) you definitely have to have had some form of surgery, but I've heard mixed reviews on what they will take as "the surgery". I think it requires at least a hysto and/or a clitoral release.
Hope that's helpful. It's a frustrating quagmire to wade through, because in so many cases the rules are very vague, and subject to the judgment-call of the individual who reviews your case.