This guide was largely written by Stephen Chong with assistance from Meredith Wallis while they were law clerks

at the Transgender Law Center (TLC) during the summer of 2006. Shane Caya, Chris Daley, Aimee Durfee, Joseph Frislid, Ben Lunine, Kristina Wertz, and Matt Wood provided oversight, editing, and subsequent updating. The content is built on the work of individual activists and advocates, including Roslyn Manley, Shannon Minter,

Martha Matthews, Sister Mary Elizabeth, Dylan Vade, Mara Keisling, Spencer Bergstedt, Phyllis Randolph Frye,

Victoria Neilson, and Shirley Bushnell among others. It is patterned after similar guides from Pennsylvania and

Florida created by Pennsylvania Equality Advocates (originally written by Tiffany Palmer) and the National Center

for Lesbian Rights (originally written by Karen Doering), respectively. TLC takes sole responsibility for any and all

errors.

The Transgender Law Center thanks all of the community leaders and funders whose support made this

publication possible, including:

Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF)

Haywood Burns Fellowship, National Lawyers Guild

The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

The Horizons Foundation

The Kicking Assets Fund of the Tides Foundation

Open Society Institute

Pride Law Fund

San Francisco Foundation

San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association

Small Change Foundation

VanLobenSels/RembeRock Foundation

Masen Davis, Executive Director

Danny Kirchoff, Equal Justice Works Fellow

Mila Pavlin, Manager of Operations and New Media

Alexis Rivera, Policy Advocate

Kristina Wertz, Legal Director

Matt Wood, Staff Attorney

Jesse Welz, Executive Assistant

Maceo Person, Community Organizer

Jason Tescher, Associate Director of Health Policy

Paige Kruza, Development Manager

Transgender Law Center, “ID Please: A Guide to Changing California & Federal Identity Documents to Match Your Gender Identity” (2010). Copyright © 2010, Transgender Law Center

This guide may be used and reproduced without permission of the Transgender Law Center so long as it is properly cited. Excerpts may be taken if (a) they are properly cited AND (b) they are used within their proper context AND (c) a note is included that the excerpt is not legal advice.