Un-fucking-believable.
So Tuesday I drove out to Red Bank and got a signed and notarized letter from my surgeon saying I'm female. Yesterday I traveled from Philly to Manhattan to use that letter to change my birth certificate so I could use that as ID to change my license from Jersey to Pennsylvania. Now, two days of travel and many dollars in travel expenses later, I still haven't been able to get it done.
I have a manila envelope I carry to each of these places which as of yesterday contains:
Two copies of my name change papers, one with a seal.
A filled out PennDOT form to change my license from Jersey to Pennsylvania.
A filled out form to correct my NYC birth certificate.
A signed and notorized letter from my surgeon attesting that I am female.
One blank and one filled out form to request a gender change on a Pennsylvania Driver's License.
A copy of my original birth certificate with my deadname, gendered male.
Two bills sent to me at my Philadelphia address to prove residency.
An expired US passport with my female name and gender.
Even all of this is still not enough for these people to change my driver license.
It looks like I have no choice but to wait until next week when my shrink is back from vacation and in the office in order to finally get this done.
Un-fucking-believable.
So Tuesday I drove out to Red Bank and got a signed and notarized letter from my surgeon saying I'm female. Yesterday I traveled from Philly to Manhattan to use that letter to change my birth certificate so I could use that as ID to change my license from Jersey to Pennsylvania. Now, two days of travel and many dollars in travel expenses later, I still haven't been able to get it done.
I have a manila envelope I carry to each of these places which as of yesterday contains:
Two copies of my name change papers, one with a seal.
A filled out PennDOT form to change my license from Jersey to Pennsylvania.
A filled out form to correct my NYC birth certificate.
A signed and notorized letter from my surgeon attesting that I am female.
One blank and one filled out form to request a gender change on a Pennsylvania Driver's License.
A copy of my original birth certificate with my deadname, gendered male.
Two bills sent to me at my Philadelphia address to prove residency.
An expired US passport with my female name and gender.
Even all of this is still not enough for these people to change my driver license.
It looks like I have no choice but to wait until next week when my shrink is back from vacation and in the office in order to finally get this done.
Un-fucking-believable.
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