Gender Recognition Certificate

You may find when you get to a certain stage of your transition that you start to think about wanting to change your gender marker on your birth certificate.

This certificate will defiantly come in handy if you need to apply for a job, especially when it comes to providing proof. If you haven’t done so already you may also want to change your passport details too.

If you wish to change your Gender Marker legally, this is done by applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate, this will change your birth gender from female to male on your birth certificate.

To apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) you need to be able to answer the following:

• Be 18 or over
• Be diagnosed with gender dysphoria
• Have lived as your new gender for 2 years
• Intend to live in your changed gender for the rest of your life

There is also an alternative route to take, you need to be able to answer yes to all:

• You’re 18 or over
• You’ve been diagnosed with gender dysphoria or had surgery to change your sexual characteristics
• You live in England, Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland most of the time
• You intend to live in your acquired gender for the rest of your life
• You’re in (or have been in) a protected marriage or protected civil partnership before 10 December 2014 (16 December 2014 for Scottish marriages and civil partnerships)
• You’ve lived in your acquired gender for at least 6 years before 10 December 2014

For more details and application forms visit Gov.uk on how to apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate.