Yeah, China has improved over the years with respect to LGBT rights, but there's still a long way to go unfortunately.

My understanding (based on this) of the status of gender recognition is that it's possible to change gender on official documents, but the requirements (surgery, plus procedural requirements) are onerous and some documents (academic diplomas) can't be changed, which is really shitty. Solidarity with trans comrades in China.

Thanks for your posts on this, by the way. I remember you from another thread and your posts have been pretty helpful to my understanding of LGBT issues in China.