Below are resources in Mississippi for our community, part of this site’s American resources by state. See also major US-based trans websites and national advocacy groups.
Health
Transgender surgery options in Mississippi
Planned Parenthood (plannedparenthood.org)
Legal
National Center for Transgender Equality (transequality.org)
- ID Documents Center | Mississippi
Human Rights Campaign (hrc.org)
Williams Institute (williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu)
Campaign for Southern Equality (southernequality.org)
- Excellent Trans in the South resource guide
Mississippi law
http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/93/017/index.htm
Mississippi Name Change Law
§ 93-17-1. Jurisdiction to alter names and legitimate offspring; legitimation by subsequent marriage.
(1) The chancery court or the chancellor in vacation of the county of the residence of the petitioners shall have jurisdiction upon the petition of any person to alter the names of such person to make legitimate any living offspring of the petitioner not born in wedlock and to decree said offspring to be an heir of the petitioner.
(2) An illegitimate child shall become a legitimate child of the natural father if the natural father marries the natural mother and acknowledges the child.
SOURCES: Codes 1942 § 1269-01; Laws 1955 Ex. ch. 34 § 1; 1981 ch. 529 § 5 eff from and after July 1 1981.