US unveils new passport rules for transgender people

Dan82 · Jun 10, 2010

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j8aS-fniXAEBD48cMKemnXv3731g

The United States has new, more flexible passport regulations for transgender people, and ended an earlier requirement that reassignment surgery precede a passport gender change, the State Department said.

"Sexual reassignment surgery is no longer a prerequisite for passport issuance," it said in a statement.

From June 10, "when a passport applicant presents a certification from an attending medical physician that the applicant has undergone appropriate clinical treatment for gender transition, the passport will reflect the new gender," the statement said...
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IsItSo · Jun 10, 2010

Cool.

xCrazyInsanity · Jun 10, 2010

What is required then?
hormones and a drivers license change? just a psych letter?

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