Current Version
| Region | Kansas |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | 2019 |
| End Date | Jul 1, 2023 |
| Description | After a court order, Kansas now legally allows its transgender residents to update their gender marker on their birth certificates if they were born in the state. No surgery is required. |
| Sources | https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/06/kansas-to-allow-trans-residents-to-change-gender-on-birth-certificates/ https://www.kansaslegalservices.org/node/2285/all-about-making-gender-marker-change-kansas |
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Revision History (2)
edited by Notdog1996. Law changed
| Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
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| End Date | (none) | Jul 1, 2023 |
created by Notdog1996
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | 2019 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | After a court order, Kansas now legally allows its transgender residents to update their gender marker on their birth certificates if they were born in the state. No surgery is required. |
| Sources | https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/06/kansas-to-allow-trans-residents-to-change-gender-on-birth-certificates/ https://www.kansaslegalservices.org/node/2285/all-about-making-gender-marker-change-kansas |
Reports (3)
- Newer law has been passed "Unfortunately, gender marker changes have been banned. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/kansas-to-no-longer-change-transgender-peoples-birth-certificates-to-reflect-gender-identities#:~:text=TOPEKA%2C%20Kan.,from%20legally%20recognizing%20those%20identities."
- Newer law has been passed "Senate Bill 180, went into effect July 1st, 2023. The state attorney general, Kris Kobach argued that the law affected gender markers on official documents. A judge agreed that August.
Sources:
1) https://www.kcur.org/2023-06-26/kobach-says-trans-kansans-ids-will-be-changed-back-to-their-sex-assigned-at-birth
2)https://apnews.com/article/transgender-birth-certificates-kansas-8424f36613c05d03b7d4eb8f82229ee6
3)https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/us/kansas-transgender-birth-certificates.html"
- Status is not correct "The Kansas State health department has reported it will no longer allow trans people to change the gender marker on their birth certificates."