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Rhode Island drops surgery requirement for transgender birth certificate changes
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Civil liberties advocates are praising the state of Rhode Island for making it easier for transgender residents to change their gender designation on their birth certificates.
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Calif. legislature OKs bill allowing birth certificates to reflect same-sex parents
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California legislature on Wednesday approved a bill that would modernize birth certificates to more accurately reflect families in which parents are of the same gender.
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AMA advises surgery should not be a requirement for birth certificate changes
CHICAGO — The American Medical Association on Monday said transgender people should be able to switch the sex designation on their birth certificates without having sex-change surgery. Most states make the operations a prerequisite, but a new AMA policy acknowledges that gender identity doesn’t always match a person’s birth anatomy.
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N.Y. eases birth certificate change policy for transgender individuals
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state will no longer require transgender people to offer proof of surgery when they ask to change the gender on their birth certificate, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration announced Thursday, though the change won’t apply to certificates issue in New York City.
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Ark. health department allows same-sex couples on birth certificates
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Department of Health is allowing same-sex couples to be listed as the parents on birth certificates after a judge struck down the state’s gay marriage ban.
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Calif. Assembly OK’s bill to revamp birth certificates to reflect same-sex parents
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lawmakers in the Assembly have approved a bill that updates birth certificates to reflect the status of same-sex parents.
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Judge stays ruling on Ohio recognition of lawful same-sex marriages
CINCINNATI — A federal judge has put on hold the majority of what attorneys have called a “momentous” change to Ohio’s gay marriage law.
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Federal judge considers staying Ohio same-sex marriage ruling
CINCINNATI — A federal judge who ordered Ohio to recognize the marriages of same-sex couples performed in other states says he’s inclined to issue a stay of his decision pending appeal, meaning most gay couples living in the state would see no immediate tangible expansion of their rights.
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Ohio same-sex couples eagerly await Monday’s marriage ruling
CINCINNATI — Pam Yorksmith has a 3-year-old son and is about to have a second child, but her name won’t be on either of the children’s birth certificates without a judge’s order. That’s because Yorksmith is married to a woman, and Ohio doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage. That could change soon if a federal judge does […]
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Lesbian couple named mother and father on daughter’s Tenn. birth certificate
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A baby girl born to same-sex parents who are plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s ban on same-sex marriage, is the first child in the state to have two mothers listed on her birth certificate.