BREAKING Blend exclusive: State Department issues gender change policy for passp

[Butterfly]

BREAKING Blend exclusive: State Department issues gender change policy for passport applications
Pam's House Blend
by:  Pam Spaulding
Wed Jun 09, 2010 at 20:30:00 PM EDT


http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/16362/breaking-blend-exclusive-state-department-issues-gender-change-policy-for-passport-applications


Beginning June 10, when a passport applicant presents a certification from an attending medical physician that the applicant has undergone appropriate clinical treatment for gender transition, the passport will reflect the new gender. The guidelines include detailed information about what information the certification must include. It is also possible to obtain a limited-validity passport if the physician's statement shows the applicant is in the process of gender transition. No additional medical records are required. Sexual reassignment surgery is no longer a prerequisite for passport issuance. A Consular Report of Birth Abroad can also be amended with the new gender.

[Arch]

Gah. I know this is probably a step forward, but I was JUST ABOUT to call a local acceptance facility to change my passport. It's actually on my list of things to do tomorrow.

I hope I don't have to get yet another piece of documentation to get my passport changed.

And I hope they're going to post the new guidelines on the site. I couldn't find nothin'.

[Flan]

And I hope they're going to post the new guidelines on the site. I couldn't find nothin'.

same, although I edited the wiki already just in case (should show up here http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/index.htm )

[Hypatia]

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/16362/breaking-blend-exclusive-state-department-issues-gender-change-policy-for-passport-applications

BREAKING Blend exclusive: State Department issues gender change policy for passport applications

The Blend has just learned that the State Department, through Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael D. Kirby of the Bureau of Consular Affairs, has announced a major change affecting those who are seeking passports and are undergoing transition or have completed gender reassignment. The http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/06/142922.htmpress release:

...Beginning June 10, when a passport applicant presents a certification from an attending medical physician that the applicant has undergone appropriate clinical treatment for gender transition, the passport will reflect the new gender. ... Sexual reassignment surgery is no longer a prerequisite for passport issuance.

[Muddy]

It appears they are extending this to Consular Reports of Birth Abroad.

Which means... holy ->-bleeped-<-... I can get my birth certificate changed NOW.

[Arch]

It appears they are extending this to Consular Reports of Birth Abroad.

Which means... holy ->-bleeped-<-... I can get my birth certificate changed NOW.

I'm turning green...I wish I'd been born a few years later. Then I would have the same kind of BC you have instead of this crappy thing from a state that won't change it no matter what you do.

But I'm happy for you. This is good news.