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U.S. Virgin Islands

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

In the U.S. Virgin Islands you change your name by petitioning the Superior Court, which requires notices in a local newspaper.

More about U.S. Virgin Islands

There is no written procedure for changing the sex marker on a Virgin Islands birth certificate or driver's license. A Bureau of Motor Vehicles representative told advocates that a court order would be needed, but court staff knew of no such petition ever being filed. No territorial law bans gender-affirming care. Advocates report that the Medicaid program excludes transition-related care, and there are no known local informed-consent clinics.

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 IDU.S. Virgin Islands 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 U.S. Virgin Islands
    Name
    YesAfter your legal name change
    Gender marker
    UnclearNo written policy; see details

Born somewhere other than U.S. Virgin Islands? 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 the U.S.Find clinics, health centers, telehealth, and ways to pay

Statewide organizations

  • Legal Services of the Virgin Islands[3]

    Free civil legal help for low-income residents, with offices on St. Croix and St. Thomas. Family law is among its practice areas.

    • Free

    Serves: St. Thomas (340-774-6720) and St. Croix (340-718-2626)

    340-774-67201832 Kongens Gade, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI 00802

  • Virgin Islands Bar Association lawyer referral[4]

    The Superior Court refers people without a lawyer to the Bar's lawyer referral program.

    • Cost varies
    340-778-7497

  • Trans Lifeline[5]

    Peer support hotline run by and for trans people. It also offers microgrants for name and gender marker changes.

    • Free
    877-565-8860
Sources for this page (5)

Sources

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

  1. US Virgin Islands Identity DocumentsAdvocates for Trans Equality, Organization. accessed
  2. U.S. Virgin Islands equality profileMovement Advancement Project, Organization. accessed
  3. Legal Services of the Virgin IslandsLegal Services of the Virgin Islands, Organization. accessed
    “LSVI is the only entity in the United States Virgin Islands that provides effective, efficient, and free, high-quality civil legal assistance to low income and underserved individuals.”
  4. Civil DivisionSuperior Court of the Virgin Islands, Court. accessed
    “If you do not have an attorney you can contact the Virgin Islands Bar Association at (340) 778-7497 and ask about their lawyer referral program.”
  5. Trans LifelineTrans Lifeline, Organization. accessed