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Vital Records Act of 1977, the Glossary

Index 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.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 7 relations: Birth certificate, Gender-affirming surgery, Sex, Sex assignment, Statute, Tennessee, Transgender.

  2. 1977 in American law
  3. 1977 in LGBT history
  4. 1977 in Tennessee
  5. LGBT history in Tennessee
  6. Politics of Tennessee
  7. Tennessee law
  8. Transgender law in the United States

Birth certificate

A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a person.

See Vital Records Act of 1977 and Birth certificate

Gender-affirming surgery

Gender-affirming surgery is a surgical procedure, or series of procedures, that alters a person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics to resemble those associated with their identified gender.

See Vital Records Act of 1977 and Gender-affirming surgery

Sex

Sex is the biological trait that determines whether a sexually reproducing organism produces male or female gametes.

See Vital Records Act of 1977 and Sex

Sex assignment

Sex assignment (also known as gender assignment) is the discernment of an infant's sex, typically made at birth based on an examination of the baby's external genitalia by a healthcare provider such as a midwife, nurse, or physician.

See Vital Records Act of 1977 and Sex assignment

Statute

A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative body, a stage in the process of legislation.

See Vital Records Act of 1977 and Statute

Tennessee

Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

See Vital Records Act of 1977 and Tennessee

Transgender

A transgender person (often shortened to trans person) is someone whose gender identity differs from that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth.

See Vital Records Act of 1977 and Transgender

See also

1977 in American law

1977 in LGBT history

1977 in Tennessee

LGBT history in Tennessee

Politics of Tennessee

Tennessee law

Transgender law in the United States

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vital_Records_Act_of_1977