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| Region | Arizona |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | Aug 20, 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Although the Non-Binary gender is not recognized in Arizona, it is now legal to change your gender on markers only with a provider’s approval. The surgery requirement to change gender marker was overturned by a Federal Court on August 20, 2024. |
| Sources | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws Check out this article from AZCentral: Judge: AZ birth certificate law discriminates against transgender people https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2024/08/23/judge-arizona-cant-refuse-change-birth-records-transgender-people/74911274007/ |
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edited by rawrgoji. New rule in effect and to inform Arizonans how it is now easier to change your gender marker. (I am a trans Arizonan myself, so this was big.)
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis |
| Start Date | (unknown) | Aug 20, 2024 |
| Description | To change birth certificates. Changes pending. Missing Non binary options on documents. | Although the Non-Binary gender is not recognized in Arizona, it is now legal to change your gender on markers only with a provider’s approval. The surgery requirement to change gender marker was overturned by a Federal Court on August 20, 2024. |
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| Sources | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws Check out this article from AZCentral: Judge: AZ birth certificate law discriminates against transgender people https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2024/08/23/judge-arizona-cant-refuse-change-birth-records-transgender-people/74911274007/ |
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| Description | To change birth certificates. Changes pending. Non binary options pending. | To change birth certificates. Changes pending. Missing Non binary options on documents. |
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| Description | To change birth certificates. Changes pending. | To change birth certificates. Changes pending. Non binary options pending. |
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| Description | To change birth certificates. | To change birth certificates. Changes pending. |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
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| Description | Documents are not allowed to be edited. | No |
| Sources | http://www.transequality.org/documents/state/arizona | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws |
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | No | Documents are not allowed to be edited. |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "Per cited source, to change birth certificate SRS is required by law."