TLC: Legislation Streamlining Process for Transgender Californians For Updated B

[Butterfly]

TLC: Legislation Streamlining Process for Transgender Californians For Updated Birth Certificates
Pam's House Blend
by: Autumn Sandeen
Thu Mar 24, 2011 at 17:00:00 PM EDT


http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/18911/tlc-legislation-streamlining-process-for-transgender-californians-for-updated-birth-certificates


Sacramento - Yesterday, a bill that would alleviate the confusion, anxiety and even danger that transgender people face when they have identity documents that do not reflect who they are, passed the Assembly Judiciary committee in a 7-5 vote.  Thumbnail Link To Transgender Law Press Release Entitled 'Legislation Streamlining Process for Transgender Californians to Obtain an Updated Birth Certificates Advances'Authored by Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal (D-Long Beach), sponsored by Equality California and co-sponsored by the Transgender Law Center, the Vital Statistics Modernization Act (AB 433), would streamline current law and clarify that eligible petitioners living or born in California can submit a gender change petition in any jurisdiction in the State of California.

[Vicky]

Every once in a while we do get SOMETHING done right out here-- now about the state budget!!

I live in the California county I was born in, so no big deal for me, but the rest will be helped.