Community Conversation => Transsexual talk => Topic started by: Dee Marshall on March 24, 2016, 12:20:29 PM Return to Full Version
Title: Is an orchiectomy considered SRS in Michigan? Or anywhere? Let's open this up.
Post by: Dee Marshall on March 24, 2016, 12:20:29 PM
Post by: Dee Marshall on March 24, 2016, 12:20:29 PM
I didn't want to derail the "orchiectomy in Florida" thread, but I'm really curious about Michigan. I really, really would appreciate an answer but otherwise feel free to derail this one with info on other states.
Title: Re: Is an orchiectomy considered SRS in Michigan? Or anywhere? Let's open this up.
Post by: Devlyn on March 24, 2016, 12:47:51 PM
Post by: Devlyn on March 24, 2016, 12:47:51 PM
To really cloud things up, here's the information for EVERY State and a bunch of countries, too! :laugh:
https://www.susans.org/wiki/Category:Documentation_changes
Chances are the people you run into aren't going to know what an orchiectomy is. More likely they would be looking for a letter from a doctor that says "irreversible surgery to correct their gender" or something similar. There is a phone number to the Name Change division in Michigan, I believe it was in footnote 23, I'll let you find it! ;D
Hugs, Devlyn
https://www.susans.org/wiki/Category:Documentation_changes
Chances are the people you run into aren't going to know what an orchiectomy is. More likely they would be looking for a letter from a doctor that says "irreversible surgery to correct their gender" or something similar. There is a phone number to the Name Change division in Michigan, I believe it was in footnote 23, I'll let you find it! ;D
Hugs, Devlyn
Title: Re: Is an orchiectomy considered SRS in Michigan? Or anywhere? Let's open this up.
Post by: Dee Marshall on March 24, 2016, 01:38:18 PM
Post by: Dee Marshall on March 24, 2016, 01:38:18 PM
That's basically as much info as I had, but thank you! Still would love to hear from someone who actually tried it in Michigan. Both the official and non-official (abandoned) site are unclear. I won't contact Michigan until I've managed to afford an orchiectomy.
Title: Re: Is an orchiectomy considered SRS in Michigan? Or anywhere? Let's open this up.
Post by: LivingTheDream on March 24, 2016, 06:09:15 PM
Post by: LivingTheDream on March 24, 2016, 06:09:15 PM
I believe that it is. Heard it brought up in a support group that that can count as surgery needed to change gender marker. Haven't looked into it or tried it myself so not positive.
Title: Re: Is an orchiectomy considered SRS in Michigan? Or anywhere? Let's open this up.
Post by: RebeccaM on March 26, 2016, 02:05:33 PM
Post by: RebeccaM on March 26, 2016, 02:05:33 PM
I live (and was born) right next door in Ontario and here "SRS" (or GAS - Gender Affirming Surgeries as the term that is being used more commonly these days) can include orchiectomy as well as any other trans-related surgery including top surgery (mastectomy with chest reconstruction or breast augmentation). That said, not all surgeries are covered by health care (OHIP) up here (the most notable exception being FFS).
At the present time, all one needs to legally change the gender (sic "male" / "female") on their ID is a letter from a physician attesting that this person identifies as "x" gender. I believe it was in 2013 that the previous requirement of having to have a "transsexual surgery" (which, for the record was never actually defined) was deemed by the courts to be a violation of human rights. So largely, the way this is operationalized in this Province is that anyone who has socially transitioned +/- hormones (though being on hormones will help assuage concerns that a physician may have about how "serious" one is about living in a particular gender) is able to legally change their gender.
Cheers!
Rebecca
Toronto, ON
35 years old
Transitioned socially 1997
Hormones since 2002
GAS (vaginoplasty) Montreal (Brassard) 2008
FFS (forehead/nose) Buenos Aires (Rossi) April 2016
At the present time, all one needs to legally change the gender (sic "male" / "female") on their ID is a letter from a physician attesting that this person identifies as "x" gender. I believe it was in 2013 that the previous requirement of having to have a "transsexual surgery" (which, for the record was never actually defined) was deemed by the courts to be a violation of human rights. So largely, the way this is operationalized in this Province is that anyone who has socially transitioned +/- hormones (though being on hormones will help assuage concerns that a physician may have about how "serious" one is about living in a particular gender) is able to legally change their gender.
Cheers!
Rebecca
Toronto, ON
35 years old
Transitioned socially 1997
Hormones since 2002
GAS (vaginoplasty) Montreal (Brassard) 2008
FFS (forehead/nose) Buenos Aires (Rossi) April 2016
Title: Re: Is an orchiectomy considered SRS in Michigan? Or anywhere? Let's open this up.
Post by: Dee Marshall on March 26, 2016, 08:24:23 PM
Post by: Dee Marshall on March 26, 2016, 08:24:23 PM
Too bad my dad didn't stay on that side of the border, but I was born in Detroit. Good for my cousins, though. Thanks for the info!