Name and Gender Change Petitions

Driver’s License: You can take your court order to the DMV to change your gender marker on your driver’s license or ID.

Birth Certificate: To amend your birth certificate if you were born in California, go to www.cdph.ca.gov and go to Correcting and Amending Vital Records. If you were born outside of California, you can look up your state’s process for amending birth certificates here: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/resources/id/state-by-state-overview-changing-gender-markers-on-birth-certificates

Federal identity records (Social Security, immigration):  Due to a January 2025 Executive Order, federal agencies will update your name, but not your gender marker, on your federal identity records. As of June 17, 2025, a federal court has paused this rule for passports. Right now, we don’t know how the Department of State will handle this change.