Stock Photo - New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and members of the New York City Council hold a news conference on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 in the Red Room of New York City Hall about pending legislation including bills about Comprehensive School Planning, the pending L-train shutdown, and a bill allowing individuals to self-attest when changing the sex designation on their birth record to conform to their gender identity and allow individuals who don't identify as exclusively male or female to change the sex designation on their birth certificate to ""X"" . (© Frances M. Roberts).