Entry #2882: Right to change legal gender in Oklahoma

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Region	Oklahoma
Issue	Right to change legal gender
Status	Legal, but requires surgery
Start Date	(unknown)
End Date	Nov 7, 2021
Description	Oklahoma requires proof of surgery before changing birth certificates.
Sources	http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws https://legacy.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/article/trans-changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations https://transequality.org/documents/state/oklahoma

Revision History (16)

11 days ago

edited by jadeywadey. dates and description

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	Old Value	New Value (Current)
Start Date	2006	(unknown)
End Date	Feb 1, 2022	Nov 7, 2021
Description	In 2006, Oklahoma provided for legal gender recognition but required proof of surgery.	Oklahoma requires proof of surgery before changing birth certificates.
Description	Show Difference In 2006, Oklahoma provided for legal gender recognition but required proof of surgery. requires proof of surgery before changing birth certificates.

13 days ago

edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding start year.

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	Old Value	New Value
Start Date	(unknown)	2006
Description	requires surgery to change drivers license. Changes pending. Missing non binary options on documents.	In 2006, Oklahoma provided for legal gender recognition but required proof of surgery.
Description	Show Difference requires surgery to change drivers license. Changes pending. Missing non binary options on documents. In 2006, Oklahoma provided for legal gender recognition but required proof of surgery.
Sources	http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws https://transequality.org/documents/state/oklahoma	http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws https://legacy.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/article/trans-changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations https://transequality.org/documents/state/oklahoma
Sources	Show Difference http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws https://transequality.org/documents/state/oklahoma http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws https://legacy.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/article/trans-changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations https://transequality.org/documents/state/oklahoma

Jun 13, 2022

edited by Notdog1996

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	Old Value	New Value
End Date	(none)	Feb 2022

Reports (1)
Status is not correct "You can change your gender without having surgery. It is not required in Oklahoma to have gender affirming surgery before changing your legal sex"
Feb 8, 2024

Sep 1, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	requires surgery to change drivers license. Missing non binary options on documents.	requires surgery to change drivers license. Changes pending. Missing non binary options on documents.
Description	Show Difference requires surgery to change drivers license. Missing non binary options on documents. Changes pending. Missing non binary options on documents.

Reports (1)
Status is not correct 
Jun 11, 2021

Aug 26, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	requires surgery to change drivers license. Changes pending.	requires surgery to change drivers license. Missing non binary options on documents.
Description	Show Difference requires surgery to change drivers license. Changes pending. Missing non binary options on documents.

Jun 20, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	requires surgery to change drivers license.	requires surgery to change drivers license. Changes pending.

Reports (1)
Date is incorrect "Gender can be changed on Drivers License pending surgery, however gender is not allowed to be changed on a birth certificate. The Oklahoma State Department of Health currently disallows the changing of gender on birth certifcates. Their is no specific method upon which to acquire a court order for gender change either."
Jul 19, 2018

May 31, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	requires surgery to change all documents.	requires surgery to change drivers license.

Apr 19, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	requires surgery to change drivers licenses. as well to change gender on birth certificates.	requires surgery to change all documents.
Description	Show Difference requires surgery to change drivers licenses. as well to change gender on birth certificates. all documents.

Mar 18, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	requires surgery to change drivers licenses.	requires surgery to change drivers licenses. as well to change gender on birth certificates.
Description	Show Difference requires surgery to change drivers licenses. as well to change gender on birth certificates.
Sources	http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws	http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws https://transequality.org/documents/state/oklahoma
Sources	Show Difference http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws https://transequality.org/documents/state/oklahoma

Mar 12, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	requires surgery to change birth certificate.	requires surgery to change drivers licenses.

Mar 12, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	requires surgery to change drivers license.	requires surgery to change birth certificate.

Mar 9, 2018

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	To change drivers license as well as birth certificates.	requires surgery to change drivers license.

Oct 12, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	To change drivers license.	To change drivers license as well as birth certificates.

Oct 1, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value	New Value
Description	No	To change drivers license.

Sep 3, 2017

edited by Ausyk

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	Old Value (Original)	New Value
Sources	No	http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws

Jul 30, 2016

created by Ausyk

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	Original entry
Status	Legal, but requires surgery
Start Date	(unknown)
End Date	(none)
Description	No
Sources	No