Current Version
| Region | New Jersey |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | Feb 1, 2019 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | On February 1st, 2019, New Jersey eliminated the requirement for surgery or medical documentation in legal gender recognition. |
| Sources | https://www.nj.gov/transgender/name-changes/drivers-license-gender-change.shtml https://www.nj.gov/mvc/press/archives/2021/041921.htm https://www.nj.gov/mvc/pdf/license/genderchange.pdf *direct link to PDF* https://transequality.org/documents/new-jersey-identity-documents *offers Birth certificate instructions* https://legacy.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/article/trans-changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations |
Revision History (12)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Redoing entry as medical requirements were abolished in 2019.
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| Start Date | Apr 19, 2021 | Feb 1, 2019 |
| Description | As of 2021 all New Jersey IDs will cover gender "X" on Permits, Drivers licenses and non driver ID's. This comes a little before New York signed their law also covering gender "X" on ID's. | On February 1st, 2019, New Jersey eliminated the requirement for surgery or medical documentation in legal gender recognition. |
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| Sources | https://www.nj.gov/transgender/name-changes/drivers-license-gender-change.shtml https://www.nj.gov/mvc/press/archives/2021/041921.htm https://www.nj.gov/mvc/pdf/license/genderchange.pdf *direct link to PDF* https://transequality.org/documents/new-jersey-identity-documents *offers Birth certificate instructions* | https://www.nj.gov/transgender/name-changes/drivers-license-gender-change.shtml https://www.nj.gov/mvc/press/archives/2021/041921.htm https://www.nj.gov/mvc/pdf/license/genderchange.pdf *direct link to PDF* https://transequality.org/documents/new-jersey-identity-documents *offers Birth certificate instructions* https://legacy.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/article/trans-changing-birth-certificate-sex-designations |
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| Start Date | Feb 12, 2018 | Apr 19, 2021 |
| Description | requires public announcement of name change. Changes pending. Missing non binary options on drivers licenses. | As of 2021 all New Jersey IDs will cover gender "X" on Permits, Drivers licenses and non driver ID's. This comes a little before New York signed their law also covering gender "X" on ID's. |
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| Sources | http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/identity_document_laws | https://www.nj.gov/transgender/name-changes/drivers-license-gender-change.shtml https://www.nj.gov/mvc/press/archives/2021/041921.htm https://www.nj.gov/mvc/pdf/license/genderchange.pdf *direct link to PDF* https://transequality.org/documents/new-jersey-identity-documents *offers Birth certificate instructions* |
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| Description | requires public announcement of name change. Changes pending. | requires public announcement of name change. Changes pending. Missing non binary options on drivers licenses. |
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Reports (2)
- Status is not correct ""X" as an option for gender other than "M/F" on Drivers License/IDs has been available since April 2021
https://www.info.nj.gov/transgender/name-changes-and-updating-ids/how-do-i-update-my-gender-marker-on-my-nj-drivers-license
https://www.nj.gov/mvc/press/archives/2021/041921.htm"
- Newer law has been passed "New Jersey residents no longer need to publish court-ordered name changes in newspapers: Rule 4:72 entitled “Name Change Applications – Elimination of the Requirement of Newspaper Publication”"
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| Description | requires public announcement of name change. | requires public announcement of name change. Changes pending. |
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| Description | No requirement for announcement of name change. | requires public announcement of name change. |
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| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | requires surgery, as well as public announcement of name change. Changes pending. | No requirement for announcement of name change. |
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| Description | requires surgery, as well as public announcement of name change. | requires surgery, as well as public announcement of name change. Changes pending. |
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| Description | Requires surgery to change birth certificate. as well as public announcement of name change. | requires surgery, as well as public announcement of name change. |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | accepts wide range of metal health professionals. | Requires surgery to change birth certificate. as well as public announcement of name change. |
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