What The Vital Records Modernization Act (AB 433) Does For Californian Born Trans People
By: Autumn Sandeen Monday October 10, 2011 3:58 am    

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California's AB 433 — the Vital Records Modernization Act — is the bill that actually changes things a lot for transsexual people who were born in California, or live in California and wish to officially change their sex from male-to-female, or female-to-male.

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But probably more importantly, trans people can now change their California birth certificates without genital reconstruction surgery of any sort. From the Equality California Fact sheet for AB 433 (emphasis added):