Can someone help me understand if I'm allowed to gender reassign in Texas?

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I know there was a very good gender unit in Houston. But maybe people from Texas can answer, Remember Google can be your friend!

I don't like using Wikipedia but this might be a good start 

It does say
In 2009, the Texas legislature authorized a court order relating to a person's sex change to be acceptable proof of identity for a marriage license.[69]

For geographical areas under the jurisdiction of the Texas Court of Appeals in San Antonio, the 1999 case Littleton v. Prange defined that, for purposes of determining the validity of a marriage, a person's sex is determined at birth and is not changed by surgery or drug therapy.[70] This ruling allowed a person born male who transitioned to female to marry a woman in that court's jurisdiction.[71][72] In February 2014, the Texas Court of Appeals in Corpus Christi held that state law had changed since Littleton and now recognized sex reassignment, so that parties to a lawsuit contesting whether or not a marriage was an invalid same-sex marriage or a valid different-sex marriage needed to have their dispute heard by a trial court

And just looking on Google some of the news coming out of Texas is scary.

Quote from: RavenL on June 11, 2015, 02:59:55 AM
I don't like using Wikipedia but this might be a good start http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Texas

It does say
In 2009, the Texas legislature authorized a court order relating to a person's sex change to be acceptable proof of identity for a marriage license.[69]

For geographical areas under the jurisdiction of the Texas Court of Appeals in San Antonio, the 1999 case Littleton v. Prange defined that, for purposes of determining the validity of a marriage, a person's sex is determined at birth and is not changed by surgery or drug therapy.[70] This ruling allowed a person born male who transitioned to female to marry a woman in that court's jurisdiction.[71][72] In February 2014, the Texas Court of Appeals in Corpus Christi held that state law had changed since Littleton and now recognized sex reassignment, so that parties to a lawsuit contesting whether or not a marriage was an invalid same-sex marriage or a valid different-sex marriage needed to have their dispute heard by a trial court

And just looking on Google some of the news coming out of Texas is scary.

That's what I found too, but I was curious if that means I can legally go thru with the transition, I know this may sound like a dumb question, but I like to keep all my bases covered

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Well from what little I can find and please don't use it as fact. You can go through transition. But something to think about is then having to go through the courts for legal work. So the judges are an entire other problem as far as name changing etc. And can really put a wrench in the works. Since Texas does not have an anti-discrimination laws against LGBT people. The fact is the state lacks basic right for trans people and pretty much federal law is the only thing that kind of helps.

I don't know your financial situation or if you could moving might be an option. Even if its just to a more liberal city like Dallas.   

As far as I understand, you can change your name and gender marker in TX but you need to get a judge to do it and some judges will give you a hard time.

Yes you can change your name and marker in TX

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Yes you can change your name and marker in TX.  Kate is right about needing a judge and some being jerks.  Finding a friendly lgbt attorney helps.