Current Version
| Region | Indiana |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | Mar 4, 2025 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Governor Mike Braun issued an Executive Order that effectively halted legal gender recognition in Indiana. The mandate directs all executive branch agencies, including the Indiana Department of Health, to strictly interpret "sex" as an immutable biological classification established at conception. It explicitly prohibits agencies from recognizing subjective "gender identity" as a replacement for biological sex and forbids the maintenance of any forms, policies, or regulations that accommodate what the order terms "gender ideology." Because the prior legal pathway relied on the Department of Health's administrative cooperation and interpretation of general record-correction statutes, this executive action overrides that framework, stripping away the administrative mechanism for transgender individuals to amend the gender marker on their civil records. |
| Sources | https://www.in.gov/gov/files/EO-25-36.pdf https://transitics.substack.com/p/transitics-comprehensive-anti-trans https://www.in.gov/bmv/licenses-permits-ids/learners-permits-and-drivers-licenses-overview/drivers-license/amending-your-drivers-license-or-identification-card/ https://transitics.substack.com/p/indiana-republicans-say-theyre-banning |
Revision History (2)
| Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
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| Start Date | Feb 12, 2026 | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Description | Amended Rule 140 Indiana Administrative Code section 7-1.1-3 makes it illegal for Indiana residents to change their gender on IDs. Residents have been unable to change their gender on birth certificates since 2025. | Governor Mike Braun issued an Executive Order that effectively halted legal gender recognition in Indiana. The mandate directs all executive branch agencies, including the Indiana Department of Health, to strictly interpret "sex" as an immutable biological classification established at conception. It explicitly prohibits agencies from recognizing subjective "gender identity" as a replacement for biological sex and forbids the maintenance of any forms, policies, or regulations that accommodate what the order terms "gender ideology." Because the prior legal pathway relied on the Department of Health's administrative cooperation and interpretation of general record-correction statutes, this executive action overrides that framework, stripping away the administrative mechanism for transgender individuals to amend the gender marker on their civil records. |
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| Sources | https://transitics.substack.com/p/transitics-comprehensive-anti-trans https://www.in.gov/bmv/licenses-permits-ids/learners-permits-and-drivers-licenses-overview/drivers-license/amending-your-drivers-license-or-identification-card/ https://transitics.substack.com/p/indiana-republicans-say-theyre-banning | https://www.in.gov/gov/files/EO-25-36.pdf https://transitics.substack.com/p/transitics-comprehensive-anti-trans https://www.in.gov/bmv/licenses-permits-ids/learners-permits-and-drivers-licenses-overview/drivers-license/amending-your-drivers-license-or-identification-card/ https://transitics.substack.com/p/indiana-republicans-say-theyre-banning |
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0 | Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | Feb 12, 2026 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Amended Rule 140 Indiana Administrative Code section 7-1.1-3 makes it illegal for Indiana residents to change their gender on IDs. Residents have been unable to change their gender on birth certificates since 2025. |
| Sources | https://transitics.substack.com/p/transitics-comprehensive-anti-trans https://www.in.gov/bmv/licenses-permits-ids/learners-permits-and-drivers-licenses-overview/drivers-license/amending-your-drivers-license-or-identification-card/ https://transitics.substack.com/p/indiana-republicans-say-theyre-banning |