Current Version
| Region | Illinois |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 1962 |
| End Date | Jan 1, 2018 |
| Description | Illinois enacted a new Vital Statistics Act, becoming a statutory pioneer by explicitly authorizing gender marker changes. The law legally mandated the State Registrar to issue a new birth certificate strictly upon receiving an affidavit from a physician confirming that a sex-reassignment surgery had been performed on the applicant. |
| Sources | http://lambdalegal.org/publication/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations-state-by-state-guidelines/ https://chicago.gopride.com/news/amp.cfm/articleid/74722321 https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2842&context=lawreview https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2349&context=vlr https://www.equalityillinois.us/about-us/press-releases/lgbt-advocacy-day-2016/ |
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| Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
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| Start Date | 2006 | Jan 1, 1962 |
| Description | In 2006, Illinois provided for legal gender recognition but required surgery and full transition. | Illinois enacted a new Vital Statistics Act, becoming a statutory pioneer by explicitly authorizing gender marker changes. The law legally mandated the State Registrar to issue a new birth certificate strictly upon receiving an affidavit from a physician confirming that a sex-reassignment surgery had been performed on the applicant. |
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| Sources | http://lambdalegal.org/publication/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations-state-by-state-guidelines/ | http://lambdalegal.org/publication/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations-state-by-state-guidelines/ https://chicago.gopride.com/news/amp.cfm/articleid/74722321 https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2842&context=lawreview https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2349&context=vlr https://www.equalityillinois.us/about-us/press-releases/lgbt-advocacy-day-2016/ |
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| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | 2006 |
| End Date | Jan 1, 2018 |
| Description | In 2006, Illinois provided for legal gender recognition but required surgery and full transition. |
| Sources | http://lambdalegal.org/publication/changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations-state-by-state-guidelines/ |