Saturday, June 15, 2013

Social Security Administration allows Transgender community to change their Gender Listing


Great News! The Social Security Administration changed an old policy that now allows the transgender community to change their gender listing on Social Security documents.

Here's more:
"Effective June 2013, Social Security is making changes to policies that may impact the transgender community in order to ensure we provide meaningful access to our programs," Social Security spokesperson Kia Anderson said in an email to Metro Weekly. "Specifically, we are making it easier for transgender individuals who wish to change their sex on our Social Security Number (SSN) records by accepting new types of evidence. We are no longer requiring surgery to change the sex identification field in our SSN records." 
Social Security will now accept a range of different documentation to update the gender field in Social Security records, including a state-issued birth certificate, passport, court order, letter from a surgeon or medical certification. 
"Most people may not see this as a big deal, but transgender people know that this seemingly small technical change will protect their privacy and give them more control over their own lives" said Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, in a statement.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is a huge deal!

Tonja said...

This is cool!

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