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| Region | Ohio |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | May 2021 |
| Description | Until 2021, Ohio did not provide any opportunity for people to change their legal gender on their 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 |
Revision History (17)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Whoops, don’t know how that happened.
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| End Date | Jan 2021 | May 2021 |
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Fixing the status.
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| End Date | May 2021 | Jan 2021 |
| Description | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. Missing non binary options on documents. | Until 2021, Ohio did not provide any opportunity for people to change their legal gender on their birth certificates. |
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| Sources | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws https://legacy.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/article/trans-changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations |
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edited by Notdog1996
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| End Date | (none) | May 2021 |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "Legal. Must appeal to a court or judge to change legal gender. Surgery not required"
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| Description | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. Non binary options on drivers licenses pending. | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. Missing non binary options on documents. |
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| Description | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. Non binary options on drivers licenses pending. |
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| Description | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. changes pending. Non binary options pending. | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. |
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| Description | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. changes pending. | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. changes pending. Non binary options pending. |
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| Description | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. changes pending. |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal, but requires surgery | Ambiguous |
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| Description | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. Requires public announcement of name change. | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. Requires public announcement of name change. |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal, but requires surgery | Ambiguous |
| Description | does not allow to change birth certificate. | Only option that is not legal is changing birth certificates. |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | No | does not allow to change birth certificate. |