Trans people’s right to legal gender recognition is much older than we realize—older than abortion rights, Alaska’s statehood, and the Civil Rights Act. That history just became common knowledge.
This is incredible! Did you ever consider going open source with this? Could definitely make the gathering of information for such a large project much easier.
Unrelated, but do you have the data on which states *offer* gender change court orders? (your maps only seem show which states *require* them for ID and birth certificate changes). A gender change court order is often necessary if you want to get any foreign-issued document with a gender marker that differs from your passport. This ironically means that it is sometimes better to legally transition in a more purplish state than in one of the bluest states.
You are not wrong about Ohio, technically it is legal to change one’s gender marker on their birth certificate. The reality of it is that the conservative county probate courts will not allow it because of the way the law has been written.
Ohio's situation has been really odd since that 2024 Ohio Supreme Court split opinion. Like in my other tracker, I'm not entirely sure what to do with it, but I've left it as 'court order' because the ODH will still accept those orders at the end of the day (other states like Indiana, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming won't, even from out-of-state). I believe at least 8 counties still issue them, so while it's heavily restricted, I wouldn't characterize it as a ban (at least not yet anyways).
Wow! This is an amazing tool. Thank you for your work on this!
This is incredible! Did you ever consider going open source with this? Could definitely make the gathering of information for such a large project much easier.
I did! But at the same time, I thought managing and recruiting for that kind of project would be more difficult, so I decided against it…
Totally fair. Came out great in the end!
This must be the big project you've been working on. This information is so important and eye-opening. Thank you for your research!
Thank you for sharing this! Very important effort in face of everything we are fighting today.
Unrelated, but do you have the data on which states *offer* gender change court orders? (your maps only seem show which states *require* them for ID and birth certificate changes). A gender change court order is often necessary if you want to get any foreign-issued document with a gender marker that differs from your passport. This ironically means that it is sometimes better to legally transition in a more purplish state than in one of the bluest states.
You are not wrong about Ohio, technically it is legal to change one’s gender marker on their birth certificate. The reality of it is that the conservative county probate courts will not allow it because of the way the law has been written.
Ohio's situation has been really odd since that 2024 Ohio Supreme Court split opinion. Like in my other tracker, I'm not entirely sure what to do with it, but I've left it as 'court order' because the ODH will still accept those orders at the end of the day (other states like Indiana, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming won't, even from out-of-state). I believe at least 8 counties still issue them, so while it's heavily restricted, I wouldn't characterize it as a ban (at least not yet anyways).