THE POLICY LANDSCAPE

Rights, restrictions & the places between.

Sources retrieved

Trans Policy Atlas data: Transitics' CATPALM (built by Aleksandra Vaca, a member of the Trans Data Initiative team) and the team's own research.

COLLECTION

Identity documents

Having a nonbinary gender marker recognized

50 states + D.C.

Recognition can differ between birth certificates and other IDs.

Alabama: Bans RecognitionAlaska: Not RecognisedArizona: Recognised on IDs OnlyArkansas: Formerly RecognizedCalifornia: RecognisedColorado: RecognisedConnecticut: RecognisedDelaware: Recognised on IDs OnlyDistrict of Columbia: RecognisedFlorida: Bans RecognitionGeorgia: Not RecognisedHawaii: Recognised on IDs OnlyIdaho: Bans RecognitionIllinois: RecognisedIndiana: Formerly RecognizedIowa: Bans RecognitionKansas: Bans RecognitionKentucky: Not RecognisedLouisiana: Bans RecognitionMaine: RecognisedMaryland: Recognised on IDs OnlyMassachusetts: RecognisedMichigan: RecognisedMinnesota: Recognised on IDs OnlyMississippi: Bans RecognitionMissouri: Not RecognisedMontana: Recognition on IDs MandatedNebraska: Not RecognisedNevada: RecognisedNew Hampshire: Recognised on IDs OnlyNew Jersey: RecognisedNew Mexico: RecognisedNew York: RecognisedNorth Carolina: Bans RecognitionNorth Dakota: Bans RecognitionOhio: Bans RecognitionOklahoma: Formerly RecognizedOregon: RecognisedPennsylvania: Recognised on IDs OnlyRhode Island: RecognisedSouth Carolina: Not RecognisedSouth Dakota: Bans RecognitionTennessee: Bans RecognitionTexas: Bans RecognitionUtah: RecognisedVermont: RecognisedVirginia: Recognised on IDs OnlyWashington: RecognisedWest Virginia: Bans RecognitionWisconsin: Not RecognisedWyoming: Bans RecognitionALAKAZCOFLGAINKSMEMNNCNDOKPASDTXWYMOWVILNMARCAHIIAKYMIMSMTNHNYOHORTNUTVAWAWINESCIDNVVTLAMARICTNJDEMDDC
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Access / protection recognized18
Conditions / barriers18
Restriction reported15
Colors summarize the source’s description. Court limits, age and setting matter; read the state details. Territories are available in the state selector.

A record is what a source reported on the date it was captured, not a legal effective date. An unobserved record is not a finding that no restrictions exist.