At Birth: Who I Was vs Who I Am

More thoughts on documenting name and gender changes

In a recent story where I explained why I am not planning to update my state ID to show a non-binary gender marker, I said that I already changed all of my identification documents from female to male five years ago. However, this is not quite true. One particular form of identification that I have not updated, and do not plan to, is the very first that was issued in my lifetime: My birth certificate.