Changing Sex on Drivers License

Do you have updated info for your state? Tell Nick, he'll post the information! tmalesubmit@cox.net

If you submitted something to the admin or other transitional male email and you don't see your listing/info here, please resubmit to the above email. Too much spam causes things to be lost in the site email Updated Jan 16, 2008

Be Advised! The information for Your State May No Longer Be Current! The Information listed is just a stepping stone to start you in the right direction! It is your obligation to find out if the information is current before arriving to the designated place change your birth certificate. Do not contact the web site owner in anger if this information is not current. He relies on visitors to provide changes in state laws regarding this issue.

Need: Court Ordered Name Change, therapists letter verifying living as male full-time. Must be notarized and filed with courts. Est. Fee: $15

Need: Court Ordered Name Change, notarized doctors letter verifying sex reassignment. Est. Fee: $15

Need: Submit written notification request. Court order and or therapists letter verifying living as male full-time. Est. Fee: $4

Need: Doctors note and sign a card. Therapist or doctors letter verifying living as male full-time. Est. Fee: $5

Need: UPDATED MAR 14, 2003: From a California resident: "I did my name change June of last year. I did a legal name change, but for DMV I didn't have to do it that way. California has a special form for trans people, it is DL 328. It needs to be filled out and signed by a therapist, but that is how you can do a common law name change as well. You need to also fill out the form for a new DMV card as well. If you give them your old one you don't need to pay anything, or at least it was like that last June. I found using DL 328 to be easy, and it is really the only way to change your gender marker (or at least that is what I was told). I haven't heard of any changes to the procedure, and doing it that way saves people some hassle." If you see this information listed on a website outside of The Transitional Male site, report to Nick Immediately

"The form you need at the DMV is the DR 2083. Got the form, took it to one of my doctors, she signed it and I took it back to the DMV. I did it a few days ago and it cost me $7.50. The only question the guy had to ask his supervisor was whether it should be processed as a "reissue" or a "renewal." Got a new photo taken and they're mailing me my new license." Anonymous submission

Need: Therapist or doctors letter verifying living as male full-time and undergoing treatment. Est. Fee: unknown

Need: Court ordered name change and therapist or doctors letter verifying living as male full-time and undergoing treatment. Est. Fee: $1.15

Updated: 07-23-04 A letter from a physician certifying that SRS has been performed on the person in question. Due to reversal of Kantaras Ruling which nullified M. Kantaras' Male status and Florida not allowing TS persons to marry, you need to check out this information before trying to change anything: Here are contact people/numbers:If you see this information listed on a website outside of The Transitional Male site, report to Nick Immediately

Need: Birth Certificate and court ordered name change to make any changes to your driver's license. Est. Fee: $15

Need: Name change order from Lt. Gov's Office plus therapist or doctors letter verifying living as male full-time and undergoing treatment. Est. Fee: $5

Need: Court ordered name change therapist or doctors letter verifying living as male full-time and undergoing treatment. Est. Fee: $11.50

An Illinois driver's license and/or identification card (ID) holder who has completed, or who is in the process of obtaining a sex change must provide documentation in the form of a Medical Report form, or Psychiatric Report form, or physician's statement, or other documentation acceptable which indicates that a sex change has taken place or that the applicant is in
the process of performing such change.

In conjunction with the sex change, any applicant who requests a name change, whether applying for an original, duplicate, or corrected driver's license/ID card, must present acceptable identification which confirms the new name being requested, as well as establish an acceptable link between the old and new names. If you see this information listed on a website outside of The Transitional Male site, report to Nick Immediately

A court order is not required by this office to effect a name change or sex change, however, such court order shall be considered best evidence and shall be accepted as prima-facie evidence of such change.

Update: August from 2003 Null & Void: From a Illinois resident: ~~"Illinois will only change it with SRS genital surgery, not with a therapist letter."~~

Need: The following may NOT be correct: Therapist or doctors letter verifying living as male full-time and undergoing treatment. Recent email states you Must prove you have gone through SRS. Est. Fee: $6

~~Need: Therapist or doctors letter verifying living as male full-time and undergoing treatment. Est .Fee: Unknown~~

This information is out-of-date according to a Transman who wrote in Aug. 21, 2006, new polocy is now in effect

UPDATED: There are now gender indicators or markers on Mass. driver's licenses. Before you had to request a gender marker be placed on your license using a form from the DMV. Unsure how to request a change but here is the info needed when you had to ask for a gender marker. Must accompany therapist or doctors letter verifying living as male full-time and undergoing treatment. Est. Fee: $15 to amend license info, but this might not apply to changing gender markers. If you see this information listed on a website outside of The Transitional Male site, report to Nick Immediately

Unsure what you will need - please call your local court clerk. if you want to know how to change your name in Michigan, See new page with all details as of March 2006

Need: Therapist or doctors letter verifying living as male full-time and undergoing treatment. Est. Fee: Unknown

Need: Requires Sex Reassignment Surgery and verification letter from surgeon. Est. Fee: Unknown

Need: Rquires Sex Reassignment Surgery and verification letter from surgeon (hyst/chest/T). Therapist or doctors letter verifying living as male full-time and undergoing treatment. Est. Fee: None

Hi Nick. thanks for your web site and thank you for putting out the info regarding changing the law in NH regarding changing gender markers
on drivers licenses in NH. Wondering if you could add to that info, that I need people that would be willing to testify before a legislative
committee. I have had guys contact me. but when I mention it might mean them testifying, I never hear from them again. Not being judgmental
here. I understand the fear. I live with it everyday. From checking my car before I drive, to going outside every time I put my dogs out . I know NH is not a great place unless you are a redneck yankee, (guess that's judgmental). Anyway, thanks for posting my info. If you could just add onto that . that it does mean the possibility of taking a public stand. I've never considered myself an activist, at the same time, I know change happens with one person. Thanks for all the help. Jace

Need: Doctors letter or Court Ordered gender change. May have changed by now; check. Est. Fee: Unknown

Need: Therapist or doctors letter verifying living as male full-time and undergoing treatment. Est. Fee: Unknown

"Hey, I just got back from the NY State DMV to change the sex on my ID. Your info is right, but I asked the lady to give me the procedure that was on the DMV's computer. This is what it says: 4214-LAM License Amendments Proof Of Sex Change In order to amend a driver license to reflect a sex change, a statement from the physician, psychologist or psychiatrist must accompany the request. The statement must be on their letterhead and must certify the one gender predominates over the other and the licensee in question is either a male or female. Staple the statement to the Application for Driver license, Form MV-44 So all I had to give her was a letter from my endo."If you see this information listed on a website outside of The Transitional Male site, report to Nick Immediately

Need: UPDATED. From N.C. Resident: "You have to have a letter from your SRS surgeon stating you had at least top surgery, and a petition of name change from the court to get your sex changed on your drivers license."

Need: Therapist or doctors letter verifying living as male full-time and undergoing treatment. Est. Fee: Unknown

Updated 8-03-04 Need: Requires Sex Reassignment Surgery and verification letter from surgeon stating this phrase exactly " sex
organ was changed" or must present an amended birth certificate . If you see this information listed on a website outside of The Transitional Male site, report to Nick Immediately Est. Fee: Unknown

Okay guys, here's the skinny on Oklahoma. I did it, I know. Before you proceed know this; if you go in and say there is a mistake on your drivers license, you are breaking the law! I confirmed this recently, to make sure it included giving false information to obtain gender marker change. IT DOES.

Don't be chicken shit; if you are worried about what people at the DMV will think; get over it. Myself and a friend of mine were treated very well.

Title 47 Chapter 6-3012.1 - Giving of false information on an application for an Oklahoma Drivers License or Oklahoma Identification Card, is a violation of state laws. This is a felony. Violators are subject to arrest in this office and their driving privilege may be suspended for 1 year.

You must have the following to change the sex/gender marker on your OK drivers license: You do NOT have to have genital reassignment surgery but you must have other documentation!

Note: The DMV clerk is required to make copies of all documentation you bring in!

Need: Therapist or doctors letter (must be state approved therapist/clinic) verifying living as male full-time and undergoing treatment. Est. Fee: $11

Need: Court Ordered gender change, amended birth certificate and doctors affidavit stating you have completed sex reassignment surgery. This may be much easier now. Contact your local Dept. of Transportation Est. Fee: Unknown at this time

Need: Court ordered gender change, amended social security card and old license. Est. Fee: $10

Need: Therapist or doctors letter verifying living as male full-time and undergoing treatment. Est. Fee: Unknown

Hey,
I'm sure you hear all the time that your site is flippin' awesome. I had an update for the Virginia portion of the driver's license gender change section of your site. I asked the lady at the DMV to read off the requirements to me when I was just in there, and they are as follows:

Applicant must surrender old license and/or have other required forms of identification if license is destroyed/mutilated/lost.

Applicant must have a letter from an attending physician or surgeon stating that there has been an "irriversable" surgical procedure which alters the individual's function in the previous gender (i.e., you had a hysterectomy and therefore can no longer "function" as a female). (See note below)

Applicant must have a reissued birth certificate from the State Department of Health displaying the legal name change, if any, as well as the gender change. (See note below).

Since this isn't something that has been dealt with much in my little town, I figured I'd give it a shot with a little help from my testosterone-prescribing doctor. Since taking testosterone creates "irreversable" changes and inhibits (to at least some degree, if the dosage is high enough) an individual's reproductive functioning, my doctor wrote me a letter that merely stated, "through a combination of medication and other means, patient Dxxxx Gxxx is permanently and irriversably functioning in the male gender and as such qualifies to have the gender marker on his driver's license changed to male." I took this letter in and they asked me for my birth certificate (which I have in its original form with my old name and everything) and I mentioned to them that the Indiana birth certificates don't display the child's gender. After a little deliberation, they said seeing the certificate with just the name change would suffice and the letter was acceptible as well. All's I gotta do is wait for Indiana's weird State Dept. of Health hours to coincide with my work schedule so I can order a new birth certificate and I'll have a shiny new M stamped on my driver's license.

Thanks,
D

Hello,

I ran across your site and thought I would update your info on washington state for changing the gender marker on the licence. I am going through the process right now.

Requirements (new policy change in april '06)

1. A letter from your doctor (medical - Phd.) stating that you are currently under treatment for GID and that it is medically necessary to the treatment.

2. A letter from you stating intent ( asking them officially to change your gender marker)

3. A copy of your current drivers license.

They don't care about a councilors letter or how long you have been in transition.

Previous Update 7/18/06

Dear Nick,

I was informed last week by my therapist that Washington State (Olympia) has suddenly stated rejected therapist letters and said they are now requiring a year of therapy before they will amend the sex. The place I go to for counseling is looking into the issue as Washington State has not issued any known documentation stating that this is the new law, however, for transitioning persons like myself, this could become a potential problem. I will gladly send you an update when I get the correct updated information myself.

Sincerely, T

PS - Do you happen to know how you change the gender on your social security card? I have found conflicting information on the web and was wondering if you had any insight.

BTW - Awesome site man.

Previous Update 5/22/03: To change gender one needs two letters for Department of Licensing. (DOL)

1. A letter from the person requesting the change and why.
2. A letter from a therapist or physician supporting this change.

They need a certified copy of your name change order and your current drivers license. If you don't have a Washington drivers license one must be obtained before this whole procedure.

The whole mess must be mailed to DOL in Olympia, WA.

DOL will send back a letter stating your record has been changed and then you must go to a local DOL office and have a new picture taken, etc.

The cost of this is $10.00

Alternatively one can make an appointment with the main DOL office in Olympia and go in person (I did) and get the letter while waiting, and take that letter to the service counter.

If you see this information listed on a website outside of The Transitional Male site, report to Nick Immediately

Need: Therapist or doctors letter verifying living as male full-time and undergoing treatment. Est. Fee: Unknown

Therapist or doctors letter verifying living as male full-time and undergoing treatment and copy of name change order. Est. Fee: $15

Section:	I Issuance of Driver's License	Effective:	07/01/1991
Number:	22.01	Revised:	06/12/2002