You do NOT need to have had gender reassignment surgery to change the gender marker on your driver's license.
State of Colorado Driver's License Bureau
Change of Sex Designation on Colorado Drivers License or ID Card November, 2006 Instructions for Applicants:
1. If you previously had your sex designation changed on your Colorado driver's license or identification card, using a letter from your physician or mental health care provider, you are grand fathered and no further action is necessary to maintain your current sex designation.
2. You must request an original form DR2083, Medical Information Authorization for Change of Sex Designation, in person at a Colorado DMV office. Copies or facsimiles of form DR2083 will not be accepted. Legibly print your name, the number from your current driver's license or identification card, the date, your address and your previous name, if changing your name concurrently. Please sign and date the form, authorizing your physician to provide medical information in support of your application.
3. Form DR2083 must be completed and signed by a Colorado licensed physician. He or she should state your gender on the basis of your gender identity and full time gender role expression or on prior completion of medical sex reassignment. Medical information provided to the DMV will be held in strictest confidence per Colorado Revised Statute 42-2-121 and the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act, section 2721.
4. Bring the completed form DR2083 to a DMV office with your current driver's license or identification card and renewal fee. A new photo will be taken, and you will be issued a temporary driver's license or identification document and asked to review it for correctness. Your new driver's license or ID card will be mailed to you.
You can download the form here to print and take to your physician:
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/DR2083.pdf
Instructions for Physicians:
1. Form DR2083 authorizes you to provide medical information in support of application for change of sex designation on a Colorado driver's license or identification card. You must be a medical doctor licensed in the state of Colorado.
2. Please complete and sign the form, and include your Colorado medical license number. Based on your professional judgment, the patient's gender identity, his/her full time gender role expression, or on prior completion of medical sex reassignment, state your patient's gender, as it should appear on his/her driver's license or ID card.
3. Return the completed form to your patient.
Social Security Administration
Once you have had a legal name change, you need to take your Name change paperwork to the Social Security Administration and change your name. (Please note: You are NOT required to have had a gender reassignment surgery to change your gender marker with the SSA, only a letter from a professional stating that you are transitioning).
To change your gender on Social Security's records:
https://faq.ssa.gov/link/portal/34011/34019/Article/2856/How-do-I-change-my-gender-on-Social-Security-s-records
Step 1: Gather documents proving your Identity:
We can accept only certain documents as proof of identity. An acceptable document must be current (not expired) and show your name, identifying information (date of birth or age) and, preferably, a recent photograph. For example, as proof of identity Social Security must see your
- U.S. driver's license;
- State-issued non-driver identification card; or
- U.S. passport.
If you don’t have one of these specific documents, or you can’t get a replacement for one of them within 10 days, we’ll ask to see other documents, including
- Employee identification card;
- School identification card;
- Health insurance card (not a Medicare card); or
- U.S. military identification card.
- Gender
We’ll need to see a
- Full-validity, 10-year U.S. passport showing the new gender;
- State-issued amended birth certificate showing the new gender;
- Court order directing legal recognition of change of gender; or
- Medical certification of appropriate clinical treatment for gender transition in the form of an original letter from a licensed physician.
The document must have enough biographical data (e.g., name and date of birth) to clearly identify you.
- U.S. citizenship
If you haven’t established your citizenship with us, and you were born in the US, we need to see proof of U.S citizenship. We can only accept certain documents as proof of U.S. citizenship. These documents include
- U.S. birth certificate; or
- U.S. passport.
If you haven’t established your citizenship with us, and you are foreign-born, we need to see proof of U.S. citizenship. We can only accept certain documents as proof of U.S. citizenship. These documents include:
- U.S. passport
- Certificate of Naturalization (N-550/N-570)
- Certificate of Citizenship (N-560/N-561)
- Certification of Report of Birth (DS-1350)
- Consular Report of Birth Abroad (FS-240), CRBA
Immigration status (if you aren’t a U.S. citizen).
To prove your U.S. immigration status, you must show us your
- Current U.S. immigration document, such as Form I-551 (Lawful Permanent Resident Card, Machine Readable Immigrant Visa) with your unexpired foreign passport;
- I-766 (Employment Authorization Document, EAD, work permit); or
- I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record) or admission stamp in the unexpired foreign passport.
If you’re an F-1 or M-1 student, you also must show us your I-20 (Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status).
If you’re a J-1 or J-2 exchange visitor, you must show us your DS-2019 (Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor Status).
Step 2: Complete an Application for a Social Security Card.
Step 3: Take or mail your completed application and documents to your local Social Security office or your local Social Security Card Center.
All documents must be either originals or copies certified by the issuing agency. We can’t accept photocopies or notarized copies of documents. We’ll return any documents you mail to us, along with a receipt.
Passports
Getting a passport has changed from what it used to be. Used to be you could get your 10 year passport with a transition letter, now you can get a 2 year passport with a letter. I believe you can renew every 2 years if you aren't able to get surgery within that time frame. Once you have your surgery, you can take your surgeon's letter and update your info and they will give you a 10 year for no extra cost.
https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/information/gender.html
Click here to get a form DS-5504 to update identifying information. No Fees apply if submitted within 2 years.
Veteran's Administration Hospital
The link below is the paperwork and process on how to change your name, SSN and gender marker with the V.A. Health System. It is ONLY for Colorado. It is not for other states.
Eastern Colorado Health Care System - Gender Marker Change Paperwork
Based on my personal experience, do NOT submit your Social Security card as a form of verification/identification. My application was rejected for 5 weeks (and no one told that was why it was rejected either). I know it says it's accepted, but don't do it. Use other forms listed.
Make sure you have a gender transition letter with your form(s) of ID (see below for acceptable forms of ID) and submit them along with your application from the link provided above.
The completed forms can be either dropped off in person to either the
Release of Information customer service booth (ER check-in area, booth C), to one of the CBOCs to forward to my office. or directly to the office,
Lesley Peterson
Rm. BA117
Basement Level of the Main V.A. Hospital Building in Denver.
Faxed to 303.393.4631 Attn: Privacy;
or mailed to:
Eastern Colorado Health Care System
Attn: Privacy (00A)
1055 Clermont St.
Denver, CO 80231
If you have any questions about this form or process, please contact the FOIA/Privacy Officer Lesley Peterson at 303.399.8020 ext. 2082.
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