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Utah

ID documents
Mixed
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

Utah allows name changes through district court and lets adults change the sex on a Utah birth certificate with a court order, but only after proving transition, six months of living as their gender, and clinical distress.

More about Utah

The Driver License Division has no published policy for changing the sex marker. Adults can get hormone therapy, and Medicaid covers it, but care for minors is banned and most remaining minor care ends January 28, 2027. Utah has no shield law.

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 IDUtah DMV
    Name
    YesAfter your legal name change
    Gender marker
    UnclearNo written policy; see details
  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 Utah
    Name
    YesAfter your legal name change
    Gender marker
    LimitedM or F with a court order

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

Gender-affirming care

Adults
Allowed
Under 18
Banned
Gender-affirming care is legal for adults in Utah, and Utah Medicaid covers hormone therapy with prior authorization.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. Utah Code 26B-8-111, Birth certificate name or sex designation changeUtah State Legislature, Law. accessed
  2. Utah Code 58-1-603.1, Hormonal transgender treatment prohibition for minorsUtah State Legislature, Law. accessed
  3. Utah equality profileMovement Advancement Project, Organization. accessed
    “Gender Identity Policy Score ... 1.25/25 ... Low”
  4. Pro Bono Initiative, ClientsS.J. Quinney College of Law, Organization. accessed
  5. Utah Pride CenterOrganization. accessed
  6. Equality UtahOrganization. accessed
    “Utah's Leading LGBTQ Civil Rights Organization”
  7. Trans LifelineOrganization. accessed