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The big picture: Every fact on this site comes from a source below. We read each one ourselves on the date shown. When a source is not an official government page, or when we could not open it, we say so.

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We read it, but it comes from a legal aid group, an advocacy group, or a bill tracker, not the government. We use these when they explain something official sources do not.

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Our interpretation of what a law or page means, where it does not say so directly. It is not legal advice.

Researchers and developers: this list is also available as sources.json, and the numbers that change, like fees, are in facts.json. Our research notes, with what we checked and what we could not confirm, are in the project's source and audit trail.

Oregon

• ORS chapter 33 (2025 edition): sections 33.410, 33.420, 33.460

  Oregon State Legislature. 2025 edition. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Name change (33.410), notice and ACP sealing (33.420), legal change of sex (33.460). The chapter notes point to 2026 amendments in 2026 Oregon Laws chapters 52 and 88, so read with those.

• Oregon Laws 2026, chapter 52 (House Bill 4088)

  Oregon State Legislature. Effective March 31, 2026; sections 11 and 12 operative July 1, 2026. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Section 12 adds ORS 33.460(4): legal change of sex cases, including combined name and sex cases, are confidential. Section 11 removes the old seal-on-request rule in 33.420(4). Section 17 applies the change to filings on or after July 1, 2026, and, on the applicant's motion, to earlier filings.

• Name and Sex Change Packet (Adult)

  Oregon Judicial Department. Forms dated July 2026. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Instructions, petition, and judgment. Petition options: male, female, nonbinary. Says sex change records are confidential and the court does not send your judgment to other agencies.

• Name/Sex Change Packet (Minor)

  Oregon Judicial Department. Current packet on the OJD site. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

  Linked for parents and guardians. We have not reviewed every page of this packet.

• Name and Sex Change forms

  Oregon Judicial Department. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Circuit Court Fee Schedule, effective January 1, 2026

  Oregon Judicial Department. Effective January 1, 2026. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Change of name or change of sex: $124 (ORS 21.145). Certified copy: $5, plus 25 cents per page for paper. Fee waiver or deferral application: no fee (ORS 21.682).

• Fee waiver and deferral forms

  Oregon Judicial Department. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Guide & File: free online court form interviews

  Oregon Judicial Department. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Free. Includes a name or legal sex change interview. Answers must be in English. The tool was down for maintenance when we checked.

• Oregon courts self-help

  Oregon Judicial Department. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Oregon circuit court locations

  Oregon Judicial Department. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Change Birth Record to Support Gender Identity

  Oregon Health Authority, Vital Records. Live page; form OHA 2673 rev. 03/26. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Notarized application, no court order. Name and sex can each be changed once this way. M, F, or X. $35 amendment fee. A sex change leaves no footnote and removes existing footnotes.

• Application to Change the Name and/or Sex on a Record of Live Birth to Support Gender Identity (OHA 2673)

  Oregon Health Authority, Vital Records. Linked from the OHA page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Solicitud OHAS 2673 (Spanish)

  Oregon Health Authority, Vital Records. Linked from the OHA page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Change a Birth Record (with a court order)

  Oregon Health Authority, Vital Records. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Certified court order plus $35 amendment fee. Accepts orders from other states. A court-ordered name change footnote shows the prior name unless the order is sealed.

• Change Your Gender Designation

  Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Self-select M, F, or X. No gender documents. In person. Pay the replacement or renewal fee. Change your name with Social Security first. Says SSA stopped processing gender marker updates as of January 31, 2025.

• Oregon Law Help

  Oregon legal aid programs. Live site. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

  Linked from the Oregon courts site.

Washington

• RCW 4.24.130: Change of name

  Washington State Legislature. Official copy certified July 12, 2024. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Public name change in district court. Court shall waive filing and recording fees on a hardship affidavit (subsection 4). Sealed name change in superior court for reasons including gender expression or identity (subsection 5).

• Name Change Guide Not official

  WashingtonLawHelp.org (Northwest Justice Project). Reviewed May 8, 2025. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Free legal aid guide with forms 410, 411, 412 (rev. 03/2025). No newspaper notice. Hearing required. Sealed superior court filing fee usually about $260.

• Get a court order that confirms your gender change Not official

  WashingtonLawHelp.org (Northwest Justice Project). Reviewed July 18, 2025. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Optional. Not needed for a Washington license or a Washington birth certificate.

• Sex designation change on a birth certificate

  Washington State Department of Health. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026.

  M, F, or X. Adult form notarized; minor form signed by parent or guardian and a licensed provider. A court order or a doctor's letter is not accepted. No fee to amend; $25 per certified copy.

• Sex Designation Change Request, adult (DOH 422-143)

  Washington State Department of Health. Linked from the DOH page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Sex Designation Change Request, minor (DOH 422-144)

  Washington State Department of Health. Linked from the DOH page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Legal Name Change Request (DOH 422-126)

  Washington State Department of Health. Linked from the DOH site. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Change your gender designation

  Washington State Department of Licensing. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026.

  M, F, or X. In person or by mail (form 520043). Free if you only change the gender designation.

• Washington Courts forms

  Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts. Live site. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Forms pages list the CLEAR legal referral line, (888) 201-1014, and the GR 34 motion to waive civil fees.

• Kitsap County District Court name change materials Not confirmed

  Kitsap County District Court. Undated. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Search results quoted a $287.50 fee. We did not open the document itself.

Utah

• Utah Code title 42, chapter 1: Change of Name (42-1-1 to 42-1-3)

  Utah State Legislature. 42-1-1 as amended by 2025 chapters 291 and 299. Checked November 3, 2026.

  File in the district court of the county where you live; one year as a resident of that county; offenders as defined in 64-13-1 may not file; disclose registry status. 42-1-2: proof in open court.

• Utah Code 26B-8-111: Birth certificate name or sex designation change

  Utah State Legislature. Effective May 7, 2025. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Clear and convincing evidence of six things. Rules for minors. New certificate does not show which fields changed unless you ask, and the state also issues and keeps an amendment history.

• Notice: 2nd Substitute H.B. 183, Sex Designation Amendments, returned to Rules Committee (March 4, 2026)

  Utah State Senate. March 4, 2026. Checked November 3, 2026.

• Utah HB 183 (2026) bill status Not official

  LegiScan. Status as of March 6, 2026. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Bill tracker. Shows the bill filed in the House file for bills not passed. The official bill page did not load for us.

• Petition for Name or Sex Change (Gender Marker Change)

  Utah State Courts. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Sex change cases are marked private: filed papers are not public, but the case history and public hearings are. Five steps. Forms 1158XX, 1730FA, 1731FA or MyPaperwork.

• Fees

  Utah State Courts. Fees effective May 6, 2026. Checked November 3, 2026.

  $375 general civil filing fee (Utah Code 78A-2-301(1)(a)). Certified copy: $4 per document plus 50 cents per page.

• Fee waivers

  Utah State Courts. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• MyPaperwork

  Utah State Courts. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Finding Legal Help

  Utah State Courts. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Self-Help Center

  Utah State Courts. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Court directory

  Utah State Courts. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Non-public records

  Utah State Courts. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Notice of Pronouns

  Utah State Courts. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Amendment of a Record by Court Order (form 902)

  Utah Office of Vital Records and Statistics. Linked from Utah Courts. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Utah Vital Records and Statistics

  Utah Department of Health and Human Services. Live site. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Name change (Driver License Division)

  Utah Department of Public Safety, Driver License Division. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Asks for legal documentation of the name change; accepts sealed court documents. Says nothing about changing the sex on a license.

Federal and national

• Executive Order 14168: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government

  The White House. January 20, 2025. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Section 3(d) directs that passports, visas, and Global Entry cards reflect the holder's sex as the order defines it.

• Sex marker in passports Not confirmed

  U.S. Department of State. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026.

  The page blocked our tools. Search results said the department issues only M or F matching sex at birth, and that existing passports stay valid until they expire.

• Change or correct a passport

  U.S. Department of State. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026. Linked for convenience; we do not rely on it for facts.

• Orr v. Trump Not official

  American Civil Liberties Union. Last update October 2, 2026. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Anyone who applies for a new, corrected, replacement, or renewed passport is at risk of getting one with the sex assigned at birth. Discovery continues at least until spring 2027.

• Travel and Passport Rights for Transgender People Not official

  Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Reflects the law as of April 2026. Checked November 3, 2026.

  New and renewed passports show sex assigned at birth regardless of name change or other documents. X eliminated. Advises talking to an attorney before answering a State Department request for early records.

• Change your name on your Social Security record

  U.S. Social Security Administration. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Update after you legally change your name, by requesting a replacement card. You may be able to start online.

• Where to Write for Vital Records

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Last reviewed August 15, 2022. Checked November 3, 2026.

• Lambda Legal Help Desk

  Lambda Legal. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026.

  General information and referrals through an online form. Not legal advice. Not for emergencies.

• Trans Lifeline Hotline

  Trans Lifeline. Live page. Checked November 3, 2026.

  (877) 565-8860. Peer support run by trans people. Weekdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pacific. Does not call police or emergency services unless the caller asks, with stated exceptions.

• 2022 U.S. Transgender Survey: Early Insights

  National Center for Transgender Equality. February 2024. Checked November 3, 2026.

  Online survey, October 19 to December 5, 2022, in English and Spanish. 92,329 respondents age 16 and older (84,170 adults). Weighted, but not a random sample.

Standards

• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2

  W3C. W3C Recommendation, December 12, 2024. Checked November 3, 2026.

• Making Content Usable for People with Cognitive and Learning Disabilities

  W3C. W3C Working Group Note, April 29, 2021. Checked November 3, 2026.