Exactly. Argentina’s very, very sensible gender identity law is national, and makes changing one’s first name and sex a bureaucratic matter where you fill out the forms and get a new id with the same number but new first name/s and sex. There are also similar processes, on demand for you and required for all schools, services, miles programs, you name it, to ‘rectify’ your name and sex anywhere you request, eg your college diplomas, your previous employers, etc…
Just to make clear, you have no legal obligation to present as the gender you are requesting for your IDs at the time you make the request. I know at least one dude who went in a minidress with his two toddlers to request that they put M on his new ID and there were no hold ups. Of course, bureaucrats can be power-lusty jerks anywhere and some people find the process slower than others. But, in Argentina, the only time you would need to deal with a judge, mental health professional or similar is if you are under sixteen and your parents don’t want to let you change your legal sex.
Since there is an existing public health system, once you’ve done the ID, you have access to free surgery and hormones should you want them.
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