Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Virginia Department of Health
 
Board
State Board of Health
 
chapter
Board of Health Regulations Governing Vital Records [12 VAC 5 ‑ 550]
Action Amend regulations following periodic review - Change of Sex
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 10/4/2019
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10/2/19  2:57 pm
Commenter: Lisa Griffin, Ph.D.

Support: existing regulation is archaic
 

As a child and adolescent clinical psychologist who specializes in gender diversity, I strongly support the proposed change. Science long ago debunked the notion that sex/gender is determined by the way one's body is contoured; it follows that changing the body through surgery should not be the criterion for deciding a person's sex/gender. 

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