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Kentucky Birth Certificate Law: Gender Identity Issues

Issues a new or amended birth certificate? Yes
Kentucky permits a post-operative transsexual born in Kentucky to amend his or her birth records after the individual obtains a court order indicating that his or her name has been changed and that his or her sex has been changed by surgical procedure.

Citation: KY. REV. STAT. ANN. § 213.121(5).


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Last Updated: 3/10/2007