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Juleigh Mayfield

A Right of Passage

Last Week I stood before a ninth circuit judge in Florida asking for a judgement that would cause Alabama to change my birth certificate to female.

Something, Alabama will only do if you can prove you had SRS

Sexual Reassignment Surgery.

I was born 47XXY. So I didn’t need surgery. The Hormone Estrogen acts as an amplification of what characteristics I already had present. I evolved without surgery. I did have my one Ovary and one testicle (both of which were underdeveloped, removed)

But not SRS.

So how do I prove that?

I had the privilege to speak at UCF in October after a dear friend asked me to tell my journey to her law students that she teaches.

It was a chance to teach and share about XXY and I jumped at the opportunity.

That lecture led to her class drafting a petition in my honor to put me in front of that 9th circuit judge.

It also has flooded me with a lot of news attention.

I will post the links on here to share.

https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2020/01/13/birth-certificate-gender-change-battle#?cid=share_clip

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2020/01/15/ucf-law-team-petitioning-to-change-womans-birth-certificate-to-match-her-gender

http://www.watermarkonline.com/2020/01/17/central-florida-intersex-woman-asks-judge-for-gender-change-on-birth-certificate/

https://www.ucf.edu/news/class-project-a-gender-change-petition/

Now We wait…..

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