Current Version
| Region | Virginia |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Mar 27, 1979 |
| Description | Virginia did not have a specific statutory provision explicitly addressing the amendment of sex designations on birth certificates for transgender individuals. However, historical court records indicate that legal gender recognition was still possible. For instance, in 1978, a Richmond Circuit Court judge granted a petition to change a transgender woman's birth certificate under existing laws governing "errors made at the time of birth." The resulting certificate, however, had to be visibly marked as "amended," effectively outing the individual's assigned sex at birth. |
| Sources | https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1118&context=mjgl https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacodefull/title32.1/chapter7/article2/ https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/03/virginia-passed-statute-governing-trans-birth-certificates-1979-wasnt-controversial/ https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title12/agency5/chapter550/section320/ https://register.dls.virginia.gov/vol19/iss26/v19i26.pdf |
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| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
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| End Date | Oct 8, 2003 | Mar 27, 1979 |
| Description | Until 2003, there was no legal gender recognition provided in Virginia. | Virginia did not have a specific statutory provision explicitly addressing the amendment of sex designations on birth certificates for transgender individuals. However, historical court records indicate that legal gender recognition was still possible. For instance, in 1978, a Richmond Circuit Court judge granted a petition to change a transgender woman's birth certificate under existing laws governing "errors made at the time of birth." The resulting certificate, however, had to be visibly marked as "amended," effectively outing the individual's assigned sex at birth. |
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| Sources | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title12/agency5/chapter550/section320/ https://register.dls.virginia.gov/vol19/iss26/v19i26.pdf | https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1118&context=mjgl https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacodefull/title32.1/chapter7/article2/ https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/03/virginia-passed-statute-governing-trans-birth-certificates-1979-wasnt-controversial/ https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title12/agency5/chapter550/section320/ https://register.dls.virginia.gov/vol19/iss26/v19i26.pdf |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. I really need new glasses.
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| End Date | Oct 3, 2003 | Oct 8, 2003 |
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| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Oct 3, 2003 |
| Description | Until 2003, there was no legal gender recognition provided in Virginia. |
| Sources | https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title12/agency5/chapter550/section320/ https://register.dls.virginia.gov/vol19/iss26/v19i26.pdf |