transgender birth certificate

That’s roughly the entire population of Salt Lake City, Utah.

The state was told to stop violating transgender people’s rights. They are not complying.

“Denying me an accurate birth certificate places me at risk of embarrassment or even violence.”

With a sharp rebuke, the court overturned a district judge’s decision to deny two transgender people the right to change their birth certificates to reflect their gender identity.

The law was meant to “revise and modernize the laws of Arkansas” to “reflect some of the social customs and practices that are happening frequently in Vital Records Registration.”  Specifically, it pointed out “surgical sex changes.”

Rep. Fred Deutsch (R) is determined to make life more difficult for transgender people.

The Republican bill would have prevented the state from updating transgender people’s birth certificates.

The judge said that Ohio couldn’t even give a good reason for banning trans people from correcting their birth certificates other than discrimination.

It’s hard to imagine religious conservatives supporting transgender rights today, but a generation ago there wasn’t even a commotion.

A new study found that trans people with the correct ID are less likely to consider suicide.

Virginia protected trans people in the 70s without any political opposition. The Old Dominion state is coming full circle.

Idaho could ban transgender people from correcting their birth certificates, an extreme law that only one other state has passed.

Democrats have been much more involved in advancing transgender rights. But Republicans have helped sometimes too.