Chastity Bono announces gender reassignment

[Alex]

Originally Posted by katiesue

I read it yesterday as well. If you don't have the surgery then what exactly is the criteria for legally declaring yourself to be of the opposite sex you were born with?

I believe in California it does require the surgery to legally change your gender. You can find the forms here. An affidavit from a doctor of sex change is required.

The transgendered people I've known all were simply living as their preferred gender but none had plans for gender reassignment surgery (some because it was just too expensive others because they weren't interested).

Also they weren't all "gay." I haven't known any female-to-male transgendered but the men were split between being sexually/romantically interested in men or women.