A federal appeals court panel has ruled that Tennessee does not unconstitutionally discriminate against transgender people by not allowing them to change the sex designation on their birth certificates
Do they maintain a record of it’s alterations though.
Ed: answer yes, so there is still record that it is not your birth gender it just isn’t easily accessible unless the legal system gets involved.
If you were born in N.S.W. and have had gender reassignment surgery, you can
apply to have your birth certificate amended to reflect your correct gender. The new
birth certificate will not show that you have changed your gender, but there will be a
note on your new certificate that says your birth was “previously registered in
another name”. Your birth will be registered in the current year showing the new
sex. Access to your original birth record is restricted by legislation, but can be
accessed under certain circumstances
Yep, which is fine. A record of all amendments to official documents is expected. That’s not the issue though. The issue is the version of the document that people need to use in daily life. And that should be relevant and current.
We do not have that in the us as name and gender changes are generally civil suit that only maintain limited private record that is not indexable by relevant agencies.
It’s why it’s an issue to change them, they’re going to imply credit or identity theft would be easier if alterations were allowed.
Do they maintain a record of it’s alterations though.
Ed: answer yes, so there is still record that it is not your birth gender it just isn’t easily accessible unless the legal system gets involved.
Yep, which is fine. A record of all amendments to official documents is expected. That’s not the issue though. The issue is the version of the document that people need to use in daily life. And that should be relevant and current.
We do not have that in the us as name and gender changes are generally civil suit that only maintain limited private record that is not indexable by relevant agencies.
It’s why it’s an issue to change them, they’re going to imply credit or identity theft would be easier if alterations were allowed.