Louisiana Birth Certificate Law: Gender Identity Issues
Issues a new or amended birth certificate? Yes.
Louisiana law permits transsexual individuals born in Louisiana to obtain new birth certificates after undergoing a surgical procedure to change their sex. The individual may also petition for a name change in the same suit.
Citation: LA. REV. STAT. ANN. 40:62
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Last Updated: 3/12/2007