Vital Records Act of 1977

The Vital Records Act of 1977 is a Tennessee statute that prohibits individuals from changing their sex on the original birth certificate as a result of sex change surgery. Tennessee is the only state specifically forbidding the correction of sex designations on birth certificates of transgender people.[1][2]

References
  1. Tenn. Code Ann. ยง 68-3-203
  2. Changing Birth Certificate Sex Designations: State-By-State Guidelines


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