Transgender rights victory in Vermont

[Shana A]

Transgender rights victory in Vermont
May 25, 2011
by taskforceblog

http://thetaskforceblog.org/2011/05/25/transgender-rights-victory-in-vermont/

Congratulations to advocates in Vermont, and a special thank you to Rep. Bill Lippert and state health officials, who worked on tremendously important legislation relating to gender changes on birth certificates.

Although some other states allow gender changes without proof of surgery in their policies, Vermont becomes the very first to have clear language in its statute that makes clear surgery is not necessary to update one's birth certificate.