I want to state my support for the updates to 12 VAC 5-550. These updates will remove the outdated language and clarify the process for the process of changing one's gender on legal documents. It is important to make this process as accessible as possible to ensure people are able to live their lives as their true selves without having different pieces of paper telling them they are someone else. This can be a matter of life and death and being able to change one's gender marker for birth certificates will make the lives of transgender individuals easier and lessen the levels of harassment they experience on a daily basis.