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| Region | Kansas |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | Jun 24, 2019 |
| End Date | Jul 1, 2023 |
| Description | After a court order, Kansas now legally allows its transgender residents to update their gender marker on their birth certificates if they were born in the state. No surgery is required but certification from a healthcare professional is. |
| Sources | https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/06/kansas-to-allow-trans-residents-to-change-gender-on-birth-certificates/ https://www.kansaslegalservices.org/node/2285/all-about-making-gender-marker-change-kansas https://legacy.lambdalegal.org/blog/20190624_kansas-agrees-accurate-birth-certificates-transgender-people?fbclid=IwAR39mVp-Nm32fEVuS5N9SGABYCurJ8CZhdrmJH2bCPyTIMfZxdgLHXmKhZU |
Revision History (3)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing the status.
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | 2019 | Jun 24, 2019 |
| Description | After a court order, Kansas now legally allows its transgender residents to update their gender marker on their birth certificates if they were born in the state. No surgery is required. | After a court order, Kansas now legally allows its transgender residents to update their gender marker on their birth certificates if they were born in the state. No surgery is required but certification from a healthcare professional is. |
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| Sources | https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/06/kansas-to-allow-trans-residents-to-change-gender-on-birth-certificates/ https://www.kansaslegalservices.org/node/2285/all-about-making-gender-marker-change-kansas | https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/06/kansas-to-allow-trans-residents-to-change-gender-on-birth-certificates/ https://www.kansaslegalservices.org/node/2285/all-about-making-gender-marker-change-kansas https://legacy.lambdalegal.org/blog/20190624_kansas-agrees-accurate-birth-certificates-transgender-people?fbclid=IwAR39mVp-Nm32fEVuS5N9SGABYCurJ8CZhdrmJH2bCPyTIMfZxdgLHXmKhZU |
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edited by Notdog1996. Law changed
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| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | 2019 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | After a court order, Kansas now legally allows its transgender residents to update their gender marker on their birth certificates if they were born in the state. No surgery is required. |
| Sources | https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/06/kansas-to-allow-trans-residents-to-change-gender-on-birth-certificates/ https://www.kansaslegalservices.org/node/2285/all-about-making-gender-marker-change-kansas |
Reports (3)
- Newer law has been passed "Unfortunately, gender marker changes have been banned. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/kansas-to-no-longer-change-transgender-peoples-birth-certificates-to-reflect-gender-identities#:~:text=TOPEKA%2C%20Kan.,from%20legally%20recognizing%20those%20identities."
- Newer law has been passed "Senate Bill 180, went into effect July 1st, 2023. The state attorney general, Kris Kobach argued that the law affected gender markers on official documents. A judge agreed that August.
Sources:
1) https://www.kcur.org/2023-06-26/kobach-says-trans-kansans-ids-will-be-changed-back-to-their-sex-assigned-at-birth
2)https://apnews.com/article/transgender-birth-certificates-kansas-8424f36613c05d03b7d4eb8f82229ee6
3)https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/us/kansas-transgender-birth-certificates.html"
- Status is not correct "The Kansas State health department has reported it will no longer allow trans people to change the gender marker on their birth certificates."