Virginia Department of Health
State Board of Health
Board of Health Regulations Governing Vital Records
[12 VAC 5 ‑ 550]
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CLOSED Opened on 8/5/2019 and Ended on 10/4/2019
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| Comment Title | Commenter | |
|---|---|---|
| Support | Alyssa Luz-Ricca | 8/5/19 8:46 am |
| Support | Holly Gordon | 8/5/19 3:48 pm |
| Support | Melissa Barlow | 8/5/19 4:06 pm |
| Support | Castlewood, VA | 8/5/19 4:08 pm |
| Support | Lee DePue | 8/5/19 8:14 pm |
| Support | Aaryan Bhandari | 8/5/19 10:21 pm |
| Support | Kelsey Wright | 8/6/19 6:50 am |
| Support | Jonathan Newby | 8/6/19 9:12 am |
| Support | Simon Hetzler | 8/6/19 11:05 am |
| Support | Flora Valdes-Dapena | 8/6/19 11:19 am |
| I support the updates to 12 VAC 5-550 | Rev. Laura Horton-Ludwig, Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists | 8/6/19 11:36 am |
| Align gender marker regulations with current VA law. | Erika Joyner | 8/6/19 12:02 pm |
| Support | Kelly Donaghey | 8/6/19 12:03 pm |
| Support | Peter Pisarek | 8/6/19 12:42 pm |
| Support | Peter Pisarek | 8/6/19 12:44 pm |
| I support the updates to 12 VAC 5-550 | Kellen Berry, My Spouti, LLC | 8/6/19 1:18 pm |
| I Support Policy Updates to 12 VAC 5-550 | Finley Martin, Ladies and Gents of the Blue Ridge - Transgender Alliance | 8/6/19 2:00 pm |
| Transgender Virginians Should Be Supported! | Zakia McKensey | 8/6/19 3:09 pm |
| I support this | Anna Ferrell | 8/6/19 3:46 pm |
| I fully support this measure. It shouldn't be a complicated endeavor to want to change one's birth c | Daniah Navarro | 8/6/19 3:46 pm |
| Support | Solus | 8/6/19 3:46 pm |
| I support 12 vac 5-550 | Bumper Bootbalck | 8/6/19 3:49 pm |
| This is a simple step that could benefit many people | L. Daniel Mouer, PhD | 8/6/19 3:59 pm |
| I changed my GM in the state of Indiana....Indiana for goodness sakes is beating you in the race for | Zander | 8/6/19 4:00 pm |
| I support | Brent | 8/6/19 4:01 pm |
| Full support | Rochelle N Feller | 8/6/19 4:03 pm |
| I Support | Norfolk | 8/6/19 4:08 pm |
| Support | Peri | 8/6/19 4:13 pm |
| I support | Parker Harrington | 8/6/19 4:23 pm |
| I support | Shawnon Corprew | 8/6/19 4:24 pm |
| I fully support! | Chris | 8/6/19 4:54 pm |
| I support | Amanda Conlogue | 8/6/19 4:55 pm |
| I support the policy update! | Amber Beichler | 8/6/19 5:02 pm |
| Trans folks deserve to have their true gender recognized | Masen Skirpan | 8/6/19 5:03 pm |
| I support! | Kinnaird McQuade | 8/6/19 5:14 pm |
| Support | Daniel Perretta | 8/6/19 5:41 pm |
| Adding my support | Jane George | 8/6/19 6:16 pm |
| Support for easier gender marker change process | Michelle Black | 8/6/19 7:19 pm |
| Support for easier gender marker change | Michelle Black | 8/6/19 7:22 pm |
| Support | Trudel Serrano | 8/6/19 7:44 pm |
| Support | Marion Glass-Hedgepeth | 8/6/19 7:57 pm |
| Support | Bee Brown | 8/6/19 8:00 pm |
| Support | Asher Brafford | 8/6/19 8:24 pm |
| Updates to 12 VAC 5-550 | Elizabeth Sanchez | 8/6/19 8:35 pm |
| Support | Kim Brafford | 8/6/19 8:38 pm |
| Support | Ricky Brafford | 8/6/19 8:52 pm |
| Updates to 12VAC 5-550 | Israel Sanchez | 8/6/19 8:52 pm |
| Support | Rebecca Brafford | 8/6/19 8:53 pm |
| Support | Sami Brafford | 8/6/19 8:54 pm |
| Support | Sami Brafford | 8/6/19 8:57 pm |
| Support | Ky | 8/6/19 9:03 pm |
| Support | Thomas Hedgepeth | 8/6/19 9:04 pm |
| Changing gender markers on your birth certificate | Maria Cannady | 8/6/19 9:17 pm |
| Support for updates to 12 VAC 5-550 | Jax Davis | 8/6/19 9:31 pm |
| Support | Eleanor Renshaw | 8/6/19 9:57 pm |
| Gender change rules and language for virginia birth certificates | Matthew maki | 8/7/19 1:07 am |
| Support | Melody Gardner | 8/7/19 1:59 am |
| SUPPORT | Rosa Malagisi | 8/7/19 3:52 am |
| Support | Rhayven Ayers | 8/7/19 4:13 am |
| Support | Heather Johnson | 8/7/19 6:52 am |
| SUPPORT | Al Cole | 8/7/19 7:35 am |
| SUPPORT | Sara Alexander | 8/7/19 8:00 am |
| SUPPORT | Ryan Slevin | 8/7/19 9:29 am |
| Support for easier gender marker change process | Katie Richard, LPC | 8/7/19 9:58 am |
| Easier Birth Certificate Gender Correction | Willow G. Woycke | 8/7/19 11:13 am |
| SUPPORT | Jessica Summers LCSW | 8/7/19 11:28 am |
| Support | Mary Ratliff | 8/7/19 3:05 pm |
| I support | Athena Benton | 8/7/19 9:33 pm |
| I Support! | Anna Ledwin | 8/8/19 12:22 am |
| I support, this change is vital to living authenticity and truth. | Terry Robinson | 8/8/19 12:51 pm |
| Support | Erika L Grafsky | 8/8/19 2:17 pm |
| support | Linda D Morse | 8/8/19 4:53 pm |
| Support | Sage Hawthorne | 8/8/19 8:23 pm |
| Support | Elizabeth Florek | 8/9/19 1:09 am |
| I support! | Harley Kalett | 8/9/19 4:43 pm |
| I support! | Albert j Russell | 8/10/19 2:25 pm |
| I support. | Annabelle Miller | 8/11/19 9:02 am |
| Support! | Summer Aranda | 8/11/19 10:46 am |
| Support for Transgender birth certificate update policy changes | Carlton E. Kelly | 8/11/19 11:54 am |
| I support! | Byerly Young | 8/11/19 2:56 pm |
| In support of this | Transgender veterans support group | 8/11/19 4:20 pm |
| Support | Kristen E. Remers | 8/11/19 8:57 pm |
| I support this. | Jessi Purdy | 8/12/19 5:29 am |
| Support | Natalie Marie Salsbury | 8/12/19 8:52 am |
| Support | Darrin Jones | 8/12/19 1:47 pm |
| Birth certificate gender | Stephanie Malady | 8/12/19 2:56 pm |
| Support | Sam Cooksey | 8/12/19 10:22 pm |
| I support the updates to 12 VAC 5-550. | Barbie Gallini | 8/13/19 8:02 am |
| I support | Steve Burner | 8/13/19 9:06 am |
| I want to state my support for the updates to 12 VAC 5-550. | Rev. Daniel Reay Willson, Williamsburg Baptist Church | 8/13/19 9:00 pm |
| Support for rule change allowing transgender virginians to change sex/gender on birth certificates | Rowan A. George | 8/14/19 6:48 am |
| Support | Evan H | 8/14/19 9:19 am |
| Support update regarding Vital Health records | Karen Barker | 8/14/19 4:41 pm |
| I support this! | Reese Beeler | 8/14/19 8:06 pm |
| I support this action | Elizabeth Matthews | 8/15/19 12:12 am |
| Support for Updates to Gender Change Regulation | Arli Christian, National Center for Transgender Equality | 8/15/19 9:51 am |
| I support updates to 12 VAC 5-550! | Connie Rice - Virginian | 8/15/19 2:56 pm |
| Support | Diego Mostajo | 8/15/19 2:57 pm |
| Support for Updates to 12 VAC 5-550 | Molly Snyder | 8/15/19 3:01 pm |
| I support 12 VAC-5-550 | Laura Curtis | 8/15/19 3:03 pm |
| I support | Kaleb Shelton | 8/15/19 3:04 pm |
| support 12 VAC 5-550 | Ellen McLellan | 8/15/19 3:06 pm |
| I support 12 VAC-5-550 | Elbert L Rouse | 8/15/19 3:08 pm |
| I support the updates to 12 VAC 5-550 | Karen Scarfone | 8/15/19 3:12 pm |
| I support updates to 12 VAC 5-550! | Lily Milam | 8/15/19 3:12 pm |
| Support | Logan Whiddon | 8/15/19 3:15 pm |
| Fully Support 12 VAC 5 ? 550 | Andre Cavalcante | 8/15/19 3:15 pm |
| 12VAC 5-=550 | Frank Poynter | 8/15/19 3:28 pm |
| Please consider this change | Wendy Radding | 8/15/19 3:28 pm |
| I support updates to 12 VAC 5-550. | Olivia Stuart | 8/15/19 3:28 pm |
| I Support the proposed changes | Wade Kimbrell | 8/15/19 3:33 pm |
| Support Transgender Rights | Kelly Tolley | 8/15/19 4:12 pm |
| Support | Terri Orvis | 8/15/19 5:42 pm |
| As a Virginian and constituent, I support updates to 12 VAC 5-550! | Lacey Lynch | 8/15/19 5:49 pm |
| I support the proposed amendment of 12VAC5-550-320 Change of sex | Carolyn Caywood | 8/15/19 6:15 pm |
| 12 VAC 5-550 changes | Drew-Marie Lewis | 8/15/19 6:53 pm |
| Please they are making life so hard behind traditional and outdated policies and verbiage!! | Cheyenne Gillespie | 8/15/19 11:01 pm |
| Support for 12 VAC 5-550 | Anshu G Sharma | 8/16/19 1:03 am |
| Support | GS Rosenthal | 8/16/19 3:33 pm |
| Side by Side Supports Updating Gender Marker Change | Ted Lewis, Side by Side Va, Inc. | 8/16/19 4:30 pm |
| Support for this act | Alan Vargas | 8/17/19 2:01 pm |
| Birth Certificates and Gender Markers | Jeff (Tess) Palmer | 8/17/19 9:07 pm |
| support | Elizabeth Raman | 8/18/19 10:14 am |
| George Mason University's Pride Alliance Supports Updating Regulations on Gender Marker Changes | Elijah Nichols, George Mason University's Pride Alliance | 8/18/19 10:43 pm |
| I support updates to 12 VAC 5-550 | Giordana De Altin Popiolek | 8/19/19 9:02 am |
| I support the policy update. | Rickey Blankenbaker II | 8/19/19 11:37 am |
| I support this policy! | Cindy Rullán | 8/19/19 2:03 pm |
| Support | Paula Durbin-Westby | 8/20/19 12:09 am |
| Support! | Wendy Welsh, TransParent Arlington | 8/21/19 9:51 am |
| Please Support Transgender Rights! | Ashwini Va | 8/21/19 1:20 pm |
| I support the proposed update to 12 VAC 5-550. | Simon Joyce | 8/21/19 2:00 pm |
| support non-binary and transgender Virginians | Janet Coulson | 8/21/19 3:57 pm |
| Support | Kristen Tully | 8/22/19 9:27 am |
| Support for trans people | Jeni Rector | 8/25/19 9:06 am |
| Support for transgendered | Sean Rector | 8/25/19 9:10 am |
| Support of this change | Stephanie Hartman | 8/28/19 12:04 pm |
| i support transgender rights | Shauntelle Hammonds | 8/29/19 6:22 pm |
| Full Support | Julia Taylor | 8/30/19 10:36 am |
| Support for Proposed Regulatory Changes | Mary Ellen Hodges | 8/31/19 11:00 am |
| Fully support | Stephanie Prince | 8/31/19 1:20 pm |
| I support this rule change | Richard Rutherford | 8/31/19 1:54 pm |
| Support | Leslie Cochrane | 8/31/19 1:58 pm |
| Support for the changes to 12 VAC 5 - 550 | Catherine Wall | 8/31/19 2:36 pm |
| Fully support | Brenna Beattie | 8/31/19 2:51 pm |
| Fully support changes | Joseph Caruso | 8/31/19 4:06 pm |
| Fully support | Branwyn | 8/31/19 4:09 pm |
| Support Easily Changing Gender on Birth Certificate | Beth McHenry | 8/31/19 4:24 pm |
| Support for this change | Rebecca Lester Scholtes | 8/31/19 4:45 pm |
| I support transgender rights | Helen Prettiman | 8/31/19 4:46 pm |
| Support for proposed change | Allen Irwin | 8/31/19 5:22 pm |
| I support the update | Carlin Anderson | 8/31/19 5:25 pm |
| I fully embrace and support the proposed changes. | Ana Montoya | 8/31/19 6:15 pm |
| Full Support | Robert Brown | 8/31/19 6:43 pm |
| Support for changes to 12 VAC 5-550 | Douglas Andrae | 8/31/19 8:57 pm |
| Full Support for Proposed Changes | Alyssa Argenzio | 8/31/19 9:11 pm |
| I fully support the changes to be made. Please do the right thing | Nikki | 8/31/19 9:33 pm |
| I support these changes | Lesley Phillips | 8/31/19 10:21 pm |
| Voter showing support | David Lansdell | 9/1/19 8:30 am |
| Support policy update | Anna Hebner | 9/1/19 9:47 am |
| Support for changes | Mary Givens | 9/1/19 5:01 pm |
| Support | tierney Palmer-klein | 9/2/19 4:35 am |
| Support | Lauren Leggett | 9/2/19 6:18 pm |
| Support Trans Rights | Valerie Hughes | 9/2/19 10:32 pm |
| I support this! | Claire Jane Sawyer | 9/3/19 5:53 am |
| I support this | Mary Fisher | 9/3/19 8:27 am |
| Support | Margaret Dodson | 9/3/19 10:46 am |
| I support this! | Carolyn Lipinski | 9/3/19 1:37 pm |
| I support this change | Kyle Moore | 9/3/19 2:51 pm |
| I support this change | Amanda Hall | 9/3/19 3:18 pm |
| SUPPORT | Tiffany Van Der Hyde | 9/3/19 4:24 pm |
| Support | Beth Hatch | 9/3/19 5:17 pm |
| Support | Karen-Marie Yust | 9/4/19 1:17 pm |
| Support the transgender rights | Pamela Lepper | 9/4/19 4:37 pm |
| Support! | Katie Kishore | 9/4/19 9:51 pm |
| Please update regulation 12 VAC 5-550 | Lisa Harrah | 9/10/19 9:49 pm |
| Support this change, thank you! | Jessica Simmons | 9/20/19 9:37 am |
| I support this | Martha Ann SPruill | 9/20/19 9:14 pm |
| The ACLU of Virginia supports the updates to 12 VAC 5-550. | The ACLU of Virginia | 10/2/19 10:07 am |
| Support: existing regulation is archaic | Lisa Griffin, Ph.D. | 10/2/19 2:57 pm |
| I support trans rights | Van Vox | 10/3/19 11:36 am |
| I support | Lauren | 10/3/19 11:46 am |
| Support!! | Ashley Stupak | 10/3/19 11:57 am |
| Support! | Michelle Caron | 10/3/19 12:02 pm |
| I Support Better Gender ID Laws for VA | Jaeger Spratt | 10/3/19 12:38 pm |
| Support! | John Bowles | 10/3/19 12:38 pm |
| Excellent action to help others! | Krystle Pollard | 10/3/19 1:09 pm |
| Support! | Emily Bissell | 10/3/19 1:48 pm |
| Support! | Carolyn Smith | 10/3/19 3:51 pm |
| Support! | Brianna Adey | 10/3/19 6:51 pm |
| Support | Spencer Conner | 10/3/19 8:41 pm |
| Support the changes | Linda Spratt | 10/3/19 9:50 pm |
| Support | Morgan Jameson | 10/4/19 9:34 am |
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