Transgender Law Center Announces Form Change to California Gender Change Petitions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 18, 2011

Kristina Wertz
Legal Director, Transgender Law Center

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San Francisco - The Transgender Law Center is excited and proud to announce that as of January 1, 2011, out-of-state residents may directly petition a California Superior Court for a Change of Gender and Issuance of New Birth certificate by checking a box on a Judicial Council Form. Previously, an out-of-state resident would have to use a form designed for in-state residents, which caused confusion and may have resulted in some qualified out-of state-petitioners being denied the ability to file for a gender change.