There is no law in the Philippines allowing for a change of name or sex in the civil registry by reason of sex reassignment. A transsexual underwent a sex reassignment surgery in Bangkok, Thailand. He lived as a woman and soon got engaged to an American.  Wishing to get married, he filed a petition for the change of his first name and sex in his birth certificate to make these compatible with his present sex.  The Regional Trial Court (RTC) granted his petition on the grounds of justice and equity. >>>

Recognizing the much obvious stigma and discrimination transgender persons, both male to female and female to male, face in the society due to a number of facts that linger in several levels, Diversity And Solidarity Trust (DAST) has taken the initiative of developing a Sexual reassignment Surgery(SRS) support System which would provide an easy to access, safe and comfortable all round service to transgender persons. >>>