Trans Resource Navigator

Alaska

ID documents
Mixed
Care
Mixed
Shield lawA state law that protects patients and providers of gender-affirming care from investigations, subpoenas, or extradition attempts by states that ban that care.
No

Alaska has no laws targeting trans people's documents or health care, but also few explicit protections.

More about Alaska

You can change your name in Superior Court (the court posts notice online, and you can ask to skip it for safety), and change the sex on your driver's license and Alaska birth certificate to M or F with a provider's letter; X is not offered. Gender-affirming care is legal for all ages, Alaska Medicaid covers it, and Planned Parenthood offers informed-consent hormones statewide by telehealth. There is no shield law, and a medical board proposal to restrict care for minors is pending.

This state’s pages are drafts written from official sources and not yet checked by a person. What this means

Your documents, in order

Most people go in this order, because each office checks the one before it. On every document, updating your name and changing your gender marker are separate questions with separate answers.

  1. Legal name changeState court
    Name
    YesNewspaper notice required, court hearing required
  2. Social SecurityFederal, same in every state
    Name
    YesAfter your legal name change
    Gender marker
    NoCannot be changed right now
  3. Driver's license / state IDAlaska DMV
    Name
    YesAfter your legal name change
    Gender marker
    YesM or F with a letter from a provider
  4. US passportFederal, same in every state
    Name
    YesAfter your legal name change
    Gender marker
    NoCannot be changed right now
  5. Birth certificateOnly if born in Alaska
    Name
    YesAfter your legal name change
    Gender marker
    YesM or F with a letter from a provider

Born somewhere other than Alaska? Your birth certificate follows the state where you were born. Choose your birth state

Gender-affirming care

Adults
Allowed
Under 18
Allowed
Gender-affirming care is legal in Alaska for adults and minors; no state law bans it.Find clinics, health centers, telehealth, and ways to pay

Local help

Statewide organizations

Sources for this page (8)

Sources

8 sources. Numbers in the text, like [1], point here.

  1. Form 427, Certification for Change of Sex Designator on Driver License or Identification CardAlaska Division of Motor Vehicles, Form. accessed
  2. CIV-699, Instructions for Adult Change of NameAlaska Court System, Form. accessed
  3. 7 AAC 105.110, Noncovered services (Medicaid)Alaska Legislature (Alaska Administrative Code), Regulation. accessed
    “(12) repealed 7/25/2021”
  4. Alaska medical board seeks to restrict abortion, transgender medical careAlaska Beacon, News. accessed
  5. Apply for HelpAlaska Legal Services Corporation, Organization. accessed
  6. Alaskans Together for EqualityAlaskans Together, Organization. accessed
  7. Get HelpACLU of Alaska, Organization. accessed
  8. Careline AlaskaCareline Alaska, Organization. accessed