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Court: Ohio must allow gender changes on birth certificates
A federal court says Ohio canât keep refusing to allow people to change the gender listings on their birth certificates
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press
December 16, 2020, 10:29 PM
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COLUMBUS, Ohio Ohio canât keep refusing to allow people to change the gender listings on their birth certificates, a federal court ruled Wednesday.
In response to a lawsuit brought by four transgender people, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio found Ohioâs birth certificate rule imposed by the state Department of Health and the Office of Vital Statistics is unconstitutional.
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From left: Lambda Legal attorney Kara Ingelhart, plaintiffs Basil Argento and Stacie Ray, and Liam Gallagher of the ACLU of Ohio. Photo courtesy of Lambda Legal/ACLU
A federal court in Ohio has struck down the state’s policy barring transgender residents from correcting the gender on their birth certificates, leaving Tennessee as the only state with such a prohibition.
“This policy resembles the sort of discrimination-based legislation struck down under the equal protection clause in
Federal judge strikes down Ohio law blocking trans people from amending their birth certificates
Court finds Ohio s policy, which was made more restrictive in 2016, does not pass constitutional muster
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The Joseph P. Kinneary Courthouse in Columbus, Ohio – Photo: Ɱ, via Wikimedia.
A federal judge has struck down the state of Ohio’s policy prohibiting transgender residents from amending their birth certificates to reflect their correct gender identity.
U.S. District Judge Michael Watson, of the Southern District of Ohio’s Eastern Division, ruled that the policy barring transgender people from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates which was introduced in 2016 by the Department of Health under then-Gov. John Kasich (R) was unconstitutional.