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Georgia

ID documents
Restrictive
Care
Restrictive
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

Georgia is restrictive for trans people's documents and for minors' care.

More about Georgia

Name changes go through Superior Court with four weeks of mandatory newspaper publication, and the driver's license and birth certificate sex markers can be changed only after surgery (M or F only). Adults can get hormone therapy and surgery, but hormones and surgery are banned for minors (SB 140, 2023), there is no shield law, and state law does not require insurers to cover gender-affirming care.

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
    LimitedNewspaper 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 IDGeorgia DMV
    Name
    YesAfter your legal name change
    Gender marker
    LimitedM or F with proof of surgery
  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 Georgia
    Name
    Limited
    Gender marker
    LimitedM or F with proof of surgery

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

Gender-affirming care

Adults
Allowed
Under 18
Banned
Adults in Georgia can get hormone therapy and surgery; there is no state law restricting adult care outside prisons.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. Georgia equality profileMovement Advancement Project, Organization. accessed
    “Overall Gender Identity Score for Identity Documents: -2.5/4. Health Care Total: 0.75/10.”
  2. Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 375-3-1-.17, Changing Gender on LicenseLegal Information Institute (Cornell), Regulation. accessed
    “A person may have the gender designation on their driver's license changed after a gender reassignment operation.”
  3. O.C.G.A. § 31-10-23, Amendment of certificates or reportsFindLaw, Law. accessed
    “Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order indicating the sex of an individual born in this state has been changed by surgical procedure and that such individual's name has been changed, the certificate of birth of such individual shall be amended.”
  4. SB 140 (2023), treatment of gender dysphoria in minorsGeorgia General Assembly, Law. accessed
  5. What should I know about name changes and gender marker changes in Georgia?GeorgiaLegalAid.org, Organization. accessed
  6. Southern Regional OfficeLambda Legal, Organization. accessed
  7. Transgender Advocacy (TransAction Georgia)Georgia Equality, Organization. accessed
  8. Trans LifelineTrans Lifeline, Organization. accessed