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Indiana

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

Indiana is restrictive. You can still change your name in court (with a newspaper notice that the judge can waive if the case is sealed), but since 2025 the state no longer changes the sex on Indiana birth certificates, and since February 12, 2026 the BMV no longer changes it on licenses and ID cards.

More about Indiana

Hormone therapy is legal and available for adults, but care for anyone under 18 is banned, and there is no shield law or insurance protection.

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 sometimes, 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 IDIndiana DMV
    Name
    YesAfter your legal name change
    Gender marker
    NoCannot be changed right now
  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 Indiana
    Name
    YesAfter your legal name change
    Gender marker
    NoCannot be changed right now

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

Gender-affirming care

Adults
Allowed
Under 18
Banned
Hormone therapy is legal for adults in Indiana, and informed-consent care is available in Indianapolis and through Planned Parenthood clinics statewide.Find clinics, health centers, telehealth, and ways to pay

Local help

Statewide organizations

Sources for this page (7)

Sources

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

  1. Amending your driver's license or identification cardIndiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Official page. accessed
    “Effective Feb. 12, 2026, the BMV will no longer provide customers with the option to change their gender on their Indiana credential”
  2. Executive Order 25-36Office of the Governor of Indiana, Official page. accessed
  3. Indiana equality profileMovement Advancement Project, Organization. accessed
  4. Ind. Code 25-1-22-13 (SEA 480)FindLaw (copy of the Indiana Code), Law. accessed
  5. Name and gender marker changesIndiana Legal Services, Organization. accessed
  6. GenderNexusOrganization. accessed
  7. Trans LifelineOrganization. accessed