Wyoming
- 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
Wyoming is a restrictive state for trans people.
More about Wyoming
A 2025 law (HB 32, W.S. 8-1-110) defines "sex" in every Wyoming law and rule as biological sex at birth and tells state agencies that keep vital statistics to record people as male or female by sex at birth, so changing the sex marker on a Wyoming birth certificate is effectively no longer possible and the driver's license policy is unclear. Name changes are allowed but require four weeks of newspaper publication for most adults. Gender-affirming medical care is banned for people under 18 (since July 1, 2024), Wyoming Medicaid does not cover transition surgery, and there is no shield law. Adults can still get hormone therapy, mostly through telehealth and a few 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.
- Legal name changeState court
- Name
- LimitedNewspaper notice sometimes, hearing sometimes
- Social SecurityFederal, same in every state
- Name
- YesAfter your legal name change
- Gender marker
- NoCannot be changed right now
- Driver's license / state IDWyoming DMV
- Name
- YesAfter your legal name change
- Gender marker
- UnclearNo written policy; see details
- US passportFederal, same in every state
- Name
- YesAfter your legal name change
- Gender marker
- NoCannot be changed right now
- Birth certificateOnly if born in Wyoming
- Name
- YesAfter your legal name change
- Gender marker
- NoCannot be changed right now
Born somewhere other than Wyoming? Your birth certificate follows the state where you were born. Choose your birth state
Gender-affirming care
- Adults
- Allowed
- Under 18
- Banned
Local help
Statewide organizations
Wyoming Equality[4]
Statewide LGBTQ+ advocacy organization based in Cheyenne. Its Healthcare Access Project keeps a private directory of affirming providers (ask through the find-care form), and staff help with name change paperwork. Office at 110 E. Lincolnway, Unit B, Cheyenne; 307-222-8178; info@WyomingEquality.org.
307-222-8178110 E. Lincolnway, Unit B, Cheyenne, WY 82001Legal Aid of Wyoming[5]
Federally funded nonprofit law firm giving free civil legal help to low-income Wyoming residents. Hotline 1-877-432-9955, Monday to Friday 9 am to 4 pm; apply online. Offices in Cheyenne, Casper, Gillette, and Lander.
ACLU of Wyoming[6]
Civil liberties organization that tracks and challenges anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in Wyoming; contact it if you are denied a document change or service.
Trans Lifeline[7]
Peer-support hotline run by and for trans people, 877-565-8860.
877-565-8860Languages: English, Español
Sources for this page (7)
Sources
7 sources. Numbers in the text, like [1], point here.
- W.S. 8-1-110, References to males and females (enacted by 2025 HB 32, What is a Woman Act)
“A person's "sex" means the person's biological sex, either male or female, at birth”
- W.S. 35-4-1001, Gender transitioning and reassignment procedures for children prohibited
- Wyoming equality profile
“Changing Gender Marker on Birth Certificates: Negative Law. State Medicaid Policy Related to Coverage for Transgender People: Negative Law.”
- Wyoming Equality
- Legal Aid of Wyoming
- LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit rights
- Trans Lifeline