The governor of Illinois just signed a bill that will make birth certificate corrections easier.
Republican governor Bruce Rauner signed the bill on Friday. Currently, to update the gender marker on a birth certificate in Illinois, a person has to show proof of surgery. Upon implementation, a doctor will have to declare that a person has received “clinically appropriate” treatment for gender transition.
The standard is similar to the one used by the State Department to correct passports.
“It’s basic common sense that a person’s gender should be recognized and respected, whether or not that person has had any particular kind of surgery,” said John Knight of the ACLU of Illinois.
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Rauner signed around 100 bills on Friday, including a ban on the gay panic defense. The bill bans defendants in criminal cases from arguing that they committed a crime because the victim was gay as a way to reduce punishment or argue that they were provoked.
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