LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — In a vote that was as close as a Bush-era presidential election, the American Medical Association’s policy making panel decided that transgender people need not have surgery to get their gender ID change on their birth certificates.
The AMA policy makers took up this issue after it became apparent individual states were going down completely different roads on the transgender birth certificate issue.
The AMA’s Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven: “State laws must acknowledge that the correct course of treatment for any given individual is a decision that rests with the patient and the treating physicians.”
According to Forbes, the new AMA policy included the following language: “Birth certificates are primarily used for legal matters, not medical,” and “Requiring sex-reassignment surgery places a burden on an already marginalized population.”
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While this isn’t exactly law, it is another milestone in a year of trans rights milestones. It’ll be just a matter of time before all states go down the way of New York. Gov. Chris Christie’s actions to derail transgender residents of New Jersey likely had a hand in the AMA decision.
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LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS 
While this isn’t exactly law, it is another milestone in a year of trans rights milestones. It’ll be just a matter of time before all states go down the way of New York. Gov. Chris Christie’s actions to derail transgender residents of New Jersey likely had a hand in the AMA decision.
Last I hear, New York required G.R.S. before they a name change.
Hi Shelley, Here is a link to a story from yesterday regarding the latest change to New York State law. Things are getting better.
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/health/2014/06/09/new-york-state-eases-transgender-policy/10232325/
Sister I wish that were the case for me.
The backwards jerks in New York City STILL require proof of surgery.
Maybe I should make a special trip.
Go to the bureau of records.
Jump up on a table
Hike up my skirt and do the hoochie coo dance.
*sigh*
Dear Shelley, With New York State (with Governor Cuomo) usually more conservative than the City and with a new administration with Mayor De Blasio there should not be a long wait for you. I do not think that you will need to do the hoochie coo dance. Hopefully soon all of our sisters and brothers here in the Big Apple will soon be turning frowns upside down 🙂
Thanks!
Lexi. The last thread you published before this thread (The one about the birth certificate detailed information) is not working. Could you please repost it.
That was a mistake! I clicked “publish” by accident. It was one of my sources prior to my writing of the article. I was hoping to find an AMA source to link to, but they apparently did not post a linkable press release. There are other news reports you can find, but the one you’re curious about is this one: http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2014/06/09/ama-says-transgender-patients-dont-need-surgery-to-change-birth-certificate/