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Dallas, August 11, 2016

On October 11, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas, denied an appeal to grant a change of gender identifier from female to male. The petitioner had asserted that Texas Family Code Section 2.005 (b)(8) authorizes Texas courts to render sex change orders that judicially change a person's gender identifier

Texas Family Code Section 2.005, which governs the issuance of marriage licenses, lists various documents that can be used to prove marriage license applicants' identity and age, among which documents is "a court order relating to the applicant's name change or sex change" (Section 2.005(b)(8)). Petitioner argued that Section 2.005(b)(8)'s reference to a sex change order implies that such orders are remedies that Texas courts can render

The trial court held that it does not. On appeal, the appeals court upheld that decision. It stated that "there is no statutory scheme expressly authorizing sex change orders or establishing procedures for obtaining such an order".

The trial court disagreed and denied the petition.