I was under the impression that in the UK birth certificates and by
association passports are not changed. I don't know the specific
legislation.
Tim
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> We had a similar situation at our institution. We updated all of our
> records. I am not aware of any law that says a person is always the same
> sex that they were registered at birth.
>
> Matthew
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> Subject: Sex Change
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> We have been contacted by a student who has changed sex and requests that
> they be registered as the new sex on our data base. If we do not change
> this person's sex does that mean our records are not accurate? We can mail
> this student and not include a title and so avoid a Mr or Ms situation. My
> understanding was that legally a person is always the sex that they were
> registered at birth. Advice please.
> Janice Barrett-Murrer
> Data-Protection Co-ordinator
> Open University
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