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Anti-LGBTQ group ‘Science for Truth’ spreads hate globally
Russian website translates propaganda into more than 18 languages

By HEIDI BEIRICH | A rather mysterious Russian website run by a group called Science for Truth (ĐаŃка Са ĐżŃавдŃ) is a major vector worldwide for lies about the LGBTQ+ community. Their site, pro-lgbt.ru (meaning âabout-LGBTâ in Russian), was previously identified by the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) as an organization that repeatedly appeared in top search results for conversion therapy, the discredited practice of attempting to change LGBTQ+ peopleâs sexual orientation or gender identity that has been described as akin to torture by a U.N. special rapporteur. It showed up prominently on Bing and Google in places like Kenya, Colombia and even the U.S. (see the full GPAHE report here.)
A unique aspect of the site is that it translates its anti-LGBTQ+ propaganda into over 18 major languages, including all major European languages, as well as Arabic, Hebrew and Chinese. The site also publishes articles in languages that have fewer speakers, including Serbian, Georgian and Hungarian, which are less likely to be content moderated. Even though the site is filled with dehumanizing material about LGBTQ+ people, it still shows up as a top search result for information on LGBTQ+ issues in many countries. This allows the group to spread their bigoted messages far and wide globally, making it an influential actor in the broader anti-LGBTQ+ movement. According to the Semrush app, the pro-lgbt.ru site garnered around 15,000 unique visitors in July 2023 alone.
So what is Science for Truth?
Started around 2017, Science for Truthâs mission is to âdisseminate facts that are deliberately kept silent by the leaders of the LGBT movement, which leads to the involvement of unsuspecting citizens in a destructive lifestyle, fraught with the most serious consequences for their health and well-being.â As indicated in its name, the group presents itself as disseminating materials based on science created âin collaboration with scientists, psychiatrists and sexologists.â This statement, though, is highly misleading; what Science for Truth disseminates is dehumanizing pseudoscience apparently designed to undermine the movement for LGBTQ+ rights in Russia and abroad.
Much more than a simple group of âscientists,â Science for Truth spreads lies and dehumanizes LGBTQ+ people on its website, Telegram channel, and VK account by describing LGBTQ+ people as âpedophiles,â âhomofascistsâ and potential terrorists. For instance, the site has a post postulating that âanti-sperm bodiesâ that are âformed in sodomites and homosexualsâ could lead to âautoimmune infertility, miscarriages, cancer in children and DNA destructionâ resulting in a âgenocideâ if spread amongst society. They also post in support of aversion electroshock therapy, which involves electrical shocks, at times to a manâs genitals, while they look at gay pornography or related material, as a solution to âcureâ oneâs innate homosexuality.
The group is known for targeting the LGBTQ+ movement and attempting to bully activists and scientists living in Russia. In 2018, the group took aim at a scientific paper released by two academics at the once liberal-leaning Moscow university, Higher School of Economics (HSE), accusing them of âcollaborationismâ for having written that gay people âshould be assumed to be born that way,â and elaborating that their efforts to destroy âtraditional valuesâ were âa psychological means of destroying Russian statehood and a way of destroying the collective identity of the peoples of Russia.â They also regularly cheer on the placing of Russian LGBTQ+ activists on the notorious list of âforeign agents,â and the arrest of activists for âtreason,â and encourage supporters to report their materials to the Roskomnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) for them to be blocked.
One of the principal figures connected to Science for Truth is the mysterious figure who goes by Ivan Stepanovich Kurennoy (Đван ĐĄŃĐľĐżĐ°Đ˝ĐžĐ˛Đ¸Ń ĐŃŃоннОК), and refers to himself as the coordinator of Science for Truth. He uses the avatar of a white-bearded traveler from the 19th century in all of his online publications. In his works, he refers to himself as an âindependent researcherâ or a âDepopulation Technology Researcher,â and he engages in widespread conspiracy-mongering. The basis for many of his views regarding the LGBTQ+ movement comes from his belief in a secret plot to depopulate the earth by lowering the birth rate through the spread of LGBTQ+ values. He claims that the publication of the now widely discredited book “The Population Bomb,” which wrongly predicted a mid-20th century demographic catastrophe caused by insufficient agricultural production and overpopulation, set off a series of events in the West that led political leaders to introduce the LGBTQ+ agenda in order to limit population growth.
Another belief relates to the COVID pandemic, where Kurennoy argued that a âchippingâ process taking place during the vaccination drive was part of these same âdepopulationâ efforts. In another one of his odd rants, he wrote that Russian parliamentarians could do âwhat Hitler failed to doâ and pass the 2019 draft law âOn the Prevention of Domestic Violence,â which, though it never passed, sought to strengthen Russiaâs comparatively weak laws against domestic violence.
Some of Kurrenoyâs past posts are tinged with antisemitism which may be an indication of where some of his stranger conspiracist beliefs originate from. Around 2016, before he turned to mainly demonizing LGBTQ+ people, Kurrenoy frequently posted about control of Ukraine by the Israeli lobby, secret plots by George Soros, and a âfifth columnâ in Russia that is descended from Jews. In one post, he explicitly points to âthe globalists,â referring to them as a âparasites,â as the source of funding for LGBTQ+ people.
Of the articles that the members of Science for Truth have published in academic journals, many, if not most of them are clearly not up to scientific standards, but rather ideological. These include, among others, âThe problem of anthropomorphic interpretation of animal behavior in the context of the discussion about the characteristics of human sexual behavior,â published in the âacademicâ journal “World of Science” (ĐĐ¸Ń ĐаŃки), in which the âindependent researchersâ of Science for Truth set out to disprove the argument that âhomosexuality is a kind of norm for humans, since it is common in nature.â The journal has a history of publishing questionable materials from other authors as well with titles such as âChanges in the physical properties of baptismal water under the influence of electromagnetic radiation,â pointing to the overall lack of scientific rigor of the journal. Interestingly, in the piece criticizing the HSE professorsâ paper, the Science for Truth authors claim that the authors had published in an English-language journal âapparently for better understanding in a country that has declared the fight for the rights of sexual minorities abroad a foreign policy priority,â making their agenda quite clear.
Another figure connected with the group is ViŃtor Grigorievitsch Lysov (ĐикŃĐžŃ ĐŃигОŃŃĐľĐ˛Đ¸Ń ĐŃŃОв) whose participation with the group goes back at least to 2017. On his livejournal account, Lysov has written articles on such topics as âthe sacralization of homosexuality,â and the âPederastization of Russia,â where he argues that the âpederastic value system has long been firmly rootedâ in Russian society. He makes regular appearances on the Science for Truth VKontakte (VK) page. Lysovâs main contribution to the Science for Truth project is his propagandistic texts âThe rhetoric of the LGBT movement in the light of scientific factsâ and âDehumanization,â in which he takes on the âmyths of gender ideology,â and claims that LGBTQ+ rights would lead to the ânormalization of pedophilia.â On his ORCID site, used for tracking academic publications, Viktor Lysov is listed as being located in both Russia and Germany. The website links he shares are of the anti-LGBTQ+ American organizations Family Research Institute and the American College of Pediatricians, both listed as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the German Institute for Youth and Society (Deutsches Institut fĂźr Jugend und Gesellschaft), an organization known for offering âconversion therapyâ services. In a solo publication in the “World of Science,” “Homophobiaâ is not latent homosexuality,” his affiliation is also listed as the German Institute for Youth and Society, in Reichelsheim, Germany, however, when a previous investigation reached out to the Institute, they denied having any affiliation with Lysov.
Garnik Surenovich Kocharyan (ĐĐžŃаŃŃна ĐаŃника ĐĄŃŃонОвиŃа) is one of the few âdoctorsâ at Science for Truth with an actual medical career. As a part of his practice, Kocharyan provides treatments for âdisorders of sexual preferenceâ including âviolations of sexual orientationâ and âsexual perversions.â He is the honorary president of the Kyiv-based conversion therapy clinic Association of Sexologists and Sex Therapists of Ukraine (ĐŃĐžŃŃаŃŃŃ ŃокŃОНОгŃв Ńа ŃокŃĐžŃĐľŃаповŃŃв ĐŁĐşŃаŃни, ASSTU), which claims to bring together âspecialists from various fields of natural sciences and humanitiesâ of sexology, and provide for âthe application and development of therapeutic methods aimed at improving a personâs sexual life.â The organization has published announcements calling for the full âdecommunizationâ of the country at the end of the war to deal with alleged left-wing plots to spread âgender ideologyâ in Ukraine. In some of the more polemical posts by the association, ASSTU have written:
âTotal illiteracy in the field of sexology and mass propaganda of LGBT â leads to the fact that even psychologists and doctors begin to believe that homosexuality is exclusively innate. Believing in such a thing is a crime against Ukrainian children, teenagers and youth, a crime against all future generations ⌠We will not allow Ukrainian science to be manipulated to meet the needs of organized groups of sexual deviants. We will not allow introducing LGBT ideology into the consciousness of our citizens.â
Aside from Kurrenoy, Kocharyan is one of the main propagandists associated with Science for Truth. He has published posts under the groupâs name promoting âconversion therapy,â one referring to âforced homosexualizationâ as a âmodern destructive trend in sex education,â and another concerning the alleged âfallacy of ideas about the innate nature of homosexuality.â
Beyond, this, Science for Truth also has a recognizable association with the ant-LGBTQ+ group CitizenGO. Several of their petitions have been published on the CitizenGo website, though they appear to have then been removed at a later date. It is interesting to note that while posts for other groups on the CitizenGo site have been given labels indicating that they were âcreated by a person or organization not affiliated with CitizenGO,â this was not the case with posts from Science for Truth, indicating an association with CitizenGO that may be closer than that of other organizations.
Several individuals are not full members of the Science for Truth team, but collaborate with them or promote each otherâs work. The doctors at the âPhoenix Clinicâ (ĐНиника ФоникŃÂť), based in the center of Rostov-na-Donu, are a regular fixture in Science for Truth posts. One associate is Olga Alexandrovna Bukhanovskaya (ĐŃŃ Đ°Đ˝ĐžĐ˛ŃĐşĐ°Ń ĐĐťŃга ĐНокŃандŃОвна) who was recently featured on a broadcast of Solovyov Live. Another is psychiatrist Anton Vasilyevich Dyachenko (ĐĐ˝ŃОн ĐаŃиНŃĐľĐ˛Đ¸Ń ĐŃŃŃонкО), who has written that it is âincorrect to deny the presence of a biological norm.â Among some of the cases treated by the psychologists of the âPhoenix Clinicâ are people who âinsist on changing their biological sex and feel like a representative of the other sex,â âstrive to dress in clothes of the opposite sex, but cannot overcome this need,â âaccuse relatives or neighbors of theft, which does not correspond to reality,â and those who âfeel possessed by spirits, genies, who force them to carry out their orders and commands.â Psychology PhD candidate Alexander Neveev (ĐНокŃĐ°Đ˝Đ´Ń Đовоов) is another Science for Truth associate with a pseudo-scientific career who has published interviews on the topic of homosexuality on the Science for Truth YouTube page. Alex Shatnerâs (ĐĐťĐľĐşŃ Đ¨Đ°ŃноŃ) partnership with Science for Truth goes back to November 2017, when he was a co-author of a text on the âmyth of homosexuality among animals.â He, too, is listed as a co-author in the “World of Science” article âThe problem of anthropomorphic interpretation of animal behavior in the context of a discussion about the characteristics of human sexual behavior.â
In order to break free of their small radical right-wing echo chamber in Russia, a member of their group in early 2018 has also attempted to influence Russian knowledge of LGBTQ+ issues by editing an enormous number of articles on the Russian Wikipedia page under the username âĐŃŃооŃâ (traveler) with content from the groupâs website. The edits made were so outrageous, with âsweeping conclusions based on an inaccurate understanding of biological problems,â that the moderators of the Russian site gave the user a topic-ban on âbiomedical information in LGBT articles.â After the account was further prevented from making these kinds of edits, the group released an article on their site criticizing the âbiasâ of the website moderators.
Science for Truth regularly lobbies the Russian government and pushes for ever-increasing restrictions on LGBTQ+ rights in Russia. Recently, Ivan Kurrenoy has even reached out to the famous pro-Kremlin propagandist Margarita Simonyan to ask her to support their group and its issues. In September 2018, they called on the minister of health to continue to regard homosexuality as a pathology. In January 2019, the group published an open letter to the Russian Duma on the topic of the âimpending LGBT revolution in Russiaâ in which they spread more disinformation on the LGBTQ+ movementâs agenda to âconvertâ straight people, and LGBTQ+ values causing population decline in the West. As early as 2019, Ivan Kurrenoy has been petitioning government officials, such as Deputy Chairman of the Duma Pyotr Olegovich Tolstoy (ĐŃŃŃ ĐĐťĐľĐłĐžĐ˛Đ¸Ń Đ˘ĐžĐťŃŃОК), to call for the censoring of LGBTQ+ content online. In the publication “Zavtra” (Tomorrow), they published an open letter on October 16th, 2021, to the head of Rospotrebnadzor (Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) Anna Yurievna Popova to investigate Vadim Valentinovich Pokrovsky, the head of the department of the research institute of epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, as a potential âforeign agentâ for voicing the importance of sex education for Russian children. After this letter was ignored, Science for Truth published an appeal in which they questioned whether Rospotrebnadzor was a âforeign agent.â The letter read:
âIn the face of Rospotrebnadzor, society would like to see an ally, and not compradors and collaborators, who are trying to introduce methods of molesting Russian children on the recommendations of the U.N. Committee (CEDAW), which requires Russia to destroy traditional values, including among religious figures, introduce âsex education,â abolish prevention of abortion and legalization of prostitution, among other things with the help of foreign agents.â
In the letter, they claimed that the appeal was made âthrough Senator Margarita Nikolaevna Pavlova,â implying that the group has at least some institutional support among the Russian elite. In a more recent letter, the group lambasted the Minister of Health Mikhail Albertovich Murashko for not doing enough at the U.N. to promote âRussian scienceâ (despite the fact that the group claims that Russian science is âso controlled by the West that it does not express a sovereign positionâ). They demanded, among other things, the promotion of âRussian science,â the restriction of trans-affirming care in clinics, and to check for âforeign agentsâ in the field of medicine. In May 2023, the group claimed that the ministry of education considered proposals of Science for Truth on âissues of mental norms and pathology in the field of psychosexual health and sexual perversions.â They have also written that the recent ban on gender-affirming care in Russia was originally a proposal that they submitted to the Russian government. In another post, the group claims to have been able to present their work at the 2022 Demographic Development of the Far East and Arctic conference (2022 доПОгŃаŃиŃĐľŃкОо ŃаСвиŃио ĐаНŃногО ĐĐžŃŃОка и ĐŃĐşŃики) in which anti-LGBTQ+ senator Inga Iumasheva Albertovna, who once spoke out against âLGBT propagandaâ being a âthreat to national security,â was present. Science for Truth were also present at the IV Hippocratic Medical Forum the year prior, when Albertovna also gave a presentation.
Despite this apparent interaction with the Russian government, GPAHE could not find Science for Truth or any other affiliated names in the official database of Russian NGOs. This fact, as well as the curiously anonymous nature of many of their members, points to its likely role as a small, yet influential soft-power instrument of the international anti-LGBTQ+ movement, given their ability to spread their bigoted message both domestically and abroad. Either way, Science for Truthâs influence in Russia and abroad is only growing, and its bigoted message is reaching further, particularly online.
Heidi Beirich is co-founder of Global Project Against Hate and Extremism.
Opinions
TRAITOR: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has blood on his hands
Nationâs highest-ranking gay public official is a MAGA sell out

Itâs an odd dichotomy: President Trump appoints the highest-ranking openly gay government official in history in Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, yet he launches cruel attacks on transgender Americans.
Make no mistake: Those attacks are claiming lives. Trans people are killing themselves. I know of one trans person who died by suicide on Election Night, overwhelmed by fear of the incoming administration. Trumpâs attacks have driven trans Americans and their families to flee the country and move to Canada, as the Blade has reported.
None of this is hypothetical or melodramatic. Itâs real life and happening everywhere.
And so when Bessent was confirmed as Treasury Secretary, I wrote an op-ed urging him to educate Trump about the plight of trans Americans and the destructiveness of the attacks on the community. I waited 90 days for some sign that Bessent has a heart or at least a modicum of decency but sadly, I must report that he does not.
The attacks on the LGBTQ community under Trump keep coming. Last weekâs news that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is planning to retire the national 988 crisis lifeline for LGBTQ youth on Oct. 1 is just the latest evidence that this administration doesnât just dislike us â they want us dead.
âEnding the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifelineâs LGBTQ+ youth specialized services will not just strip away access from millions of LGBTQ+ kids and teens â it will put their lives at risk,â Trevor Project CEO Jaymes Black said in a statement.
The service for LGBTQ youth has received 1.3 million calls, texts, or chats since its debut, with an average of 2,100 contacts per day in February.
Make no mistake: cutting this service will kill young LGBTQ people.
Just a couple of weeks earlier, Trumpâs administration announced the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy would be gutted.
âIn a matter of just a couple days, we are losing our nationâs ability to prevent HIV,â said HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute Executive Director Carl Schmid.
And prior to that, Trump issued a series of executive orders targeting the trans community â restricting access to affirming healthcare, banning trans service members from the military, barring trans women and girls from playing sports, eliminating the âXâ gender marker on passports, and barring students assigned male at birth from using women’s restrooms.
Letâs be very clear: When you deny someone the ability to use the bathroom, you deny their humanity.
So back to Scott Bessent, the billionaire hedge fund manager now running our economy into the ground. As many Trump protesters have noted: silence is complicity. And Bessent has been silent on all of these horrific attacks on trans Americans and their basic humanity. He is spineless and a traitor to the LGBTQ community.
Bessent runs the U.S. Treasury and reportedly has Trumpâs ear on all matters related to the economy. He could easily push Trump in a better, more compassionate direction, yet there is no evidence he has done that.
âThe LGBTQ+ community is counting on openly LGBTQ+ nominees like Scott Bessent to step up for the community,â said Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson after the inauguration. Sadly, itâs become clear we cannot count on Bessent. As I wrote in January, Trump likes his queer people gay, white, cis, rich, and obedient.
Bessent has ignored the Bladeâs interview requests. (And after this is published, I have no illusions he will change his mind.) The mainstream media, increasingly cowed by Trump, have failed to ask Bessent even the most basic questions about his views on trans equality and Trumpâs attacks.
As a member of the LGBTQ community, Bessent has a responsibility to at least speak up on behalf of trans people who are suffering. But Republicans today have lost their spines. They genuflect before their Dear Leader, line their own pockets, and leave the rest of us to deal with the consequences.
The crisis is real. People are dying. Trans people especially are suffering. The rest of us must do what we can to mitigate that suffering and to speak out in defense of our trans friends.
Kevin Naff is editor of the Washington Blade. Reach him at [email protected].
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Congressional Equality Caucus should participate in WorldPride
Make bold statement about our commitment to LGBTQ rights

The Trump administration, by its actions, has already hurt WorldPride. By attacking trans people, they have gotten many nations to suggest to trans citizens they not come to the United States. Canadaâs queer group has said it is advising its people not to come. It is sad in so many ways. But despite what the felon in the White House is doing, WorldPride will be a success. It can be a time to not only have fun, but to make a point to the administration and the world. What was the old saying, âWeâre here, weâre queer, and weâre not going anywhere, so get used to it.â The LGBTQ community in the United States has made great strides since Stonewall in 1969, and there is no way we are going back into the closet.
One way we can make a strong statement is if every member of the Congressional Equality Caucus would come out and join hands with constituents from their state, who are coming to D.C. for WorldPride. Together, they can take a stand for equality. Together, they can make a statement about our country to the world; that the United States values and supports its LGBTQ community.
This year from May 17-June, we are anticipating huge crowds in Washington, D.C. for WorldPride. Let us together make sure they are all safe and that they have an exciting and fun time while here. But at the same time we should use this gathering to speak out, for our community here, and the LGBTQ community around the world.
We must show the felon in the White House, and his MAGA acolytes in Congress, and around the nation, all those who would keep us down, we can, and will, stand up for ourselves. We are only willing to move one way, and that is forward toward full equality. Many years ago, during the early fight for recognition of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, there was an event staged by the group ACT UP, called âhands around the White House.â It is time to stage something like that again.
With all the attacks on the trans community, and as threats to the entire LGBTQ community continue, we need to stand together, and stay strong. We need to join with everyone else who is fighting back against the felon, and his Nazi sympathizing co-president, in the White House. To join in the demonstrations, fight back, and not fall for the distractions meant to take us from our goals. Those goals must include defeating every Republican in elections in 2025, and taking back Congress in 2026. I say every Republican, only because today there is no longer a rational Republican Party. That party has become a MAGA Party, or âCult of Trump.â That is sad, but itâs true. It is not up to Democrats, or independents, to change the Republican Party; it is up to us to ensure their defeat until they change themselves.
Until then we must work hard to elect Democrats across the nation. From school board, to county council, from statehouse to Congress. For the LGBTQ community that is the only way we will move forward on equality. It is the only way we can defeat those who want to ban books about our lives, and try to force us back in the closet. We must say a resounding NO to that.
We must vote for Democrats because history shows us, any other vote, a vote for a third party, helps Republicans win. The reality, like it or not, is today there are only two parties that can win a general election. Yes, in a few rare districts, a third party has won. But this is rare and letâs not take the chance of that happening if there isnât a history in your state, or district, or community, where it happened in the past. Be smart! While you may not like everything the Democratic Party stands for, it has proven, its members stand for the rights of the LGBTQ community. The incredible progress since Stonewall has been because the Democratic Party has worked with the activists in our midst, to make that progress. Letâs not give up now and move backwards with the MAGA Party. Together, letâs retake our government, and continue to move forward until we have full equality. That must be the goal we join hands for, and pledge to work toward.
Peter Rosenstein is a longtime LGBTQ rights and Democratic Party activist.

With legislation making it more difficult for transgender and gender non-conforming people to change their passports and other documents, it is now a race against the clock to change as many of them as possible.
Trans Maryland and Advocates for Trans Equality are among the groups that offer workshops and online resources.
Hereâs how I did it in Maryland:
A letter from your primary care provider
The first thing youâll need to get any of this rolling is a document from your primary care provider that shows proof of hormone therapy, gender incongruence, or both. In my experience, this is important to have prior to getting anything started because some states require some sort of proof in order to certify the change.
Some courts may need a therapist’s letter as well, but it depends on what state you live in. With this document, youâll be able to bring it to the respective offices and it will give a valid reason for you to get your desired gender marker.
A court order
The next thing you will need is a court order that recognizes your gender identity. It is a precaution just to avoid any wasted time or confusion at any offices going forward. You will go to the circuit court website for what state/county you reside in and find a document that is a petition to change your gender. Here is an example from Maryland.
You will print that document and fill out the petition for your respective titles with or without a name change and take it to the Circuit Court. Some courts may require the appointment. There, you will present the petition and letter and pay a fee â Marylandâs fee is $165, however there are fee waivers for those that apply. After, you will wait some weeks for the court order to show up.
Social Security card
Unfortunately, as of January 2025, the Social Security Administration has ceased any gender changes in their system. As with the fight for passports reflecting the holderâs proper gender identity, the Human Rights Campaign and the American Civil Liberties Union may bring a case to regain access in the future.
Identity card/driverâs license
After getting your primary care letter and court order, make a standard appointment for Identification Services at the local DMV and bring the paperwork. Though the Maryland Courtâs website says there is no need to get a court order to change any documents, the clerk at the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (Marylandâs DMV) stressed that I needed the updated Social Security card changed in order to get an updated ID.
I was able to get it changed prior to the Trump-Vance administration, however given the current circumstances, if there is any pushback from any clerk or official who say they require a Social Security card, very adamantly cite the official gov website if applicable, and use the court order, despite the fact you should not need one to get your ID updated.
Birth certificate
Should all have gone well with the ID, the last document to amend is the birth certificate.
Unfortunately, this may be the most difficult document that you are able to amend because it must be done within your home state and some states, such as Oklahoma, Florida, Tennessee, and Texas, have already banned altering birth certificates.Â
In D.C., where I changed my own, there have been no known issues or legislation passed for changing the name and gender marker on the document. You will search your state government websites for the vital records department, find a Gender Designation Application and fill out the necessary information. The D.C. application is here:
On D.C.âs application, you must sign the document in front of a notary in order for it to be valid. Several mail offices, such as UPS, offer notary services for relatively cheap. Upon getting the application notarized, you can bring all documents you have already updated along with the court order and primary care letter to an appointment at the vital records office. All the previous work done should make this fairly easy if you are in a state that hasnât made heavy strides to halt the process.
All in all, with about a month of your time, about $300, and a state that supports your right to self-actualization, you should still be able to change most of your documents.
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