Birth Certificate

“Having a birth certificate that reflects who I am as a human being is crucial and can present a basic issue of safety for me,” said one of the plaintiffs.

State Rep. Merill Nelson argues the sanctity of the definitions of “gender identity” and “sex” is more important than the consequences for trans people.

The group says including the information can lead to stigmatization of transgender and nonbinary people.

It’s humiliating to think you’d have to pay money to adopt your own child. Another reminder that you, as an LGBT person are not equal in the eyes of the law.

The day she spoke to LGBTQ Nation, she was ecstatic that an initiative she advocated for had succeeded. The move will add a nonbinary marker to birth certificates.

His child was conceived through in vitro fertilization and now he wants to be listed as the baby’s father on the birth certificate.

“It is a fiction to say that a man or woman can change their sex,” he said.

The state is one of the last to refuse to correct birth certificates for trans people – even though they’ll correct a drivers license or a state ID card.

The government’s hand was forced by a high court decision.

Ohio is one of only three states that has a policy keeping transgender people from updating their gender identity.

“With this change, transgender Idahoans will no longer be forced to represent that they are someone they are not and jeopardize their privacy and safety.”

The judge says that the child’s biological mother and Donor No. 2687 are his parents – even though no one knows who the “father” is.

The famous drag queen announced a few months ago that she is living as her authentic self.

The island’s socially-conservative governor said he wants to make the U.S. Territory more diverse and inclusive.

Kori Doty, who identifies as nonbinary, says they want to raise their eight-month-old outside of “the boy box and the girl box.”

Oregon’s Kate Brown is the nation’s first bisexual governor.

The court has already scheduled oral arguments for a case involving Gavin Grimm, a transgender student suing for the right to use the correct restroom in school.

Freedom Indiana warns the state is putting “politics ahead of LGBT families, and it further damages the state’s reputation.”

The bill, authored by a state representative who is also an Elvis impersonator, would have banned transgender people from updating their birth certificates.

The bill would make it impossible for trans Hoosiers to change the gender markers on their birth certificates and other identity documents.