Mara Keisling Changes to US social security rules are being described as the “most humane and important public policy advancements for transgender people during the Obama administration or even ever”. The Social Security Administration has modernised its policy so trans people can change the gender designation in their Social Security records based on either a legally changed birth certificate or passport or a health care provider's confirmation of the person's transition from one gender to another. Founding Executive Director, National Center for Transgender Equality Mara Keisling writes in the Huffington Post that this is “a much more reasonable standard than requiring some specific, arbitrary medical treatment that may not be universal”. She adds: “A lot of progress has been made for transgender people over the last 10 to 15 years, and nowhere is that more evident than in the seismic changes we have seen in federal policy during the Obama administration. The president has made it a point that all people in the country should be treated fairly by the government, and a lot has been accomplished at the federal level.” Read the full piece here
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First published: Monday, 17th June 2013 - 10:43am