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Arkansas licenses and IDs that currently have an X “will remain valid” until their next renewal, when they will change to reflect the gender on their owner’s birth certificate, according to ...
Under the new rules, the designated sex must match a person’s birth certificate, passport or Homeland Security document. Passports allow “X ”as an option.
Currently a court order is required for changing the sex on a birth certificate. Under the new rules, the designated sex must match a person’s birth certificate, passport or Homeland Security document. Passports allow “X ”as an option. If a person’s passport lists “X,” the applicant must submit a form choosing male or female.
The rule requires a court order to change the sex listed on a birth certificate. The DFA has said the previous practice wasn’t supported by state law and hadn’t gone through the required ...
Smith, that the Arkansas Supreme Court's ruling was in clear violation of Obergefell v. Hodges and struck down the state's birth certificate law. [14] In October, the state Supreme Court acknowledged that the state law was unconstitutional and ordered that married same-sex couples be treated equally in the issuance of birth certificates. [15] [16]
On June 26, 2017, the United States Supreme Court reversed an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling that allowed a law listing parents by gender on birth certificates to stand. The new SCOTUS ruling allowed both same-sex spouses to be listed on birth certificates. [2] These court rulings made adoption by same-sex couples legal in all 50 states.
However, an amended birth certificate can be issued to change the "sex designation" to "X". For minors, a sex designation change request must be endorsed by "a professional medical or mental health care provider licensed in good standing" stating that the person has undergone appropriate treatment "for the purpose of gender transition" or that ...
Arkansas has more than 2.6 million active driver’s licenses, and 387 of them have the “X” designation. The state has about 503,000 IDs, and 167 with the “X” designation.