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"Those who go through the court process are by no means guaranteed the desired outcome. Judges have broad discretion to deny name and gender marker changes, and it's not uncommon for them to do so. The Utah Supreme Court heard arguments this year from attorneys representing two transgender people who were not allowed to change their gender on official documents.

"'It's a very frustrating, disjointed legal system right now for gender marker ch
anges,'
said Arli Christian, the state policy director for the National Center for Transgender Equality, or NCTE.

[...]

"According to Christian, judges more frequently deny requests to change genders on IDs than names.

"'This is not a process that should be in the courts,' Christian said. 'Judges are not experts in gender identity.'"

-- from "Deadnamed", by Lucas Waldron and Ken Schwencke, 2018-08-10