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News (USA)
Trans people sue Montana over new surgery requirement for birth certificate corrections
“Denying me an accurate birth certificate places me at risk of embarrassment or even violence.”
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News (USA)
Utah Supreme Court rules in favor of transgender rights
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.
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Commentary
Arkansas lawmakers voted unanimously to recognize trans folks in state law in 1981
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.”
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News (USA)
South Dakota Republicans resurrect anti-trans bill after rejecting it hours before
Rep. Fred Deutsch (R) is determined to make life more difficult for transgender people.
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News (USA)
South Dakota legislature rejects anti-trans legislation
The Republican bill would have prevented the state from updating transgender people’s birth certificates.
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News (USA)
Federal judge slaps down Ohio law that bans transgender people from correcting 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.
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Commentary
Forty-five years ago, two red states said “yes” on transgender rights
It’s hard to imagine religious conservatives supporting transgender rights today, but a generation ago there wasn’t even a commotion.
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Health and Wellness
The correct gender on a trans person’s ID could literally save their life
A new study found that trans people with the correct ID are less likely to consider suicide.
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LGBTQ History
Virginia passed a statute governing trans birth certificates in 1979. It wasn’t controversial then.
Virginia protected trans people in the 70s without any political opposition. The Old Dominion state is coming full circle.
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News (USA)
Idaho got closer to passing one of the most anti-transgender laws in the country
Idaho could ban transgender people from correcting their birth certificates, an extreme law that only one other state has passed.