Change your gender on a passport

[Dom Tuk]

Can you officially change your gender on a passport. Does any country allow such a change in their passport?

[Drusilla]

Hasn't a new law recently been introduced to allow transsexuals to do this in the UK? I don't know if the change is recognised internationally, but I would imagine that issue was taken into consideration at some stage, though with the British Government such an assumption might be premature.

[Lonnie]

I don't know about new laws, but as I understand it, you are what it says on your birth certificate, so if, eg, a man has an op to become a woman, he can henceforth be a woman, but legally, still a man, I do stand to be corrected if i'm out of date, I don't know, but I would think it would be the same for passports.

[Drusilla]

Hi again, I've been googling like crazy on this one.
The Gender Recognition Act 2004 now allows people who have actually had a sex change to change their birth certificate and have it issued in their new name and gender. They can then change all their personal documents to reflect this change.

[Dom Tuk]

nice one dru

[Trotbot]

Singapore allows you to change your passport and your ID card. If you went to a boys schools the certificates can be re-issued in the name of a girl's school.

Thailand does not allow a gender change on documents, although fake documents are a possibility.