State Won't Switch "M" to "F"

[Natasha]

State Won't Switch "M" to "F"

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/The-Letter-of-the-Law.html
Matt Bartosik
1/28/09

Most people want their appearance to best reflect who they are. From hair color to clothes to body shape, external characteristics are just as much a part of personal identity as they are about individual preference.

Unfortunately for Chicago native Karissa Rothkopf, her situation was more complicated than just a simple change in apparel. As a young boy, Rothkopf identified as a female.

In December 2007, Rothkopf was finally able to become the person she always felt she was, undergoing gender reassignment surgery in Thailand. She felt the one-step surgery offered there would be medically safer than two-step procedures here in the United States.

Upon returning to her home in Wisconsin, Rothkopf was able to amend her passport, driver's license, and Social Security records to reflect her current sex without any problems.

However, much to her dismay, the 'M' on her birth certificate remains.

[SomeMTF]

I cannot change mine neither.

[lisagurl]

http://www.aclu-il.org/

[Sheila]

I can have mine changed but I thought about it and why do I need to. The last time I used my BC was to get my passport. They put F on my passport and so why do I need to spend the money when I never use it. I have all the other documents changed, so I asked myself why? Now, I don't use any ID except when the want to see it when I use my charge card and that is seldom. I have been post op for 5 years now.