The fate of a Tennessee policy that does not allow transgender people to change the sex designation on birth certificates is in the hands of a federal appeals court.
Transgender Tennesseans Want State s Refusal to Amend Birth Certificates Declared Unconstitutional usnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Lambda Legal Appeals Court Ruling Upholding Tennessee s Discriminatory Birth Certificate Policy eriegaynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eriegaynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
(Nashville, Tennessee - June 23, 2023) - Late yesterday, a federal court judge upheld Tennessee s discriminatory anti-transgender birth certificate policy that will not allow transgender people to correct the gender marker on their Tennessee birth certificates, leaving them grappling with inconsistent government identity documents. Tennessee is one of only a handful of states left in the country that still categorically prohibit transgender people from correcting their birth certificates to accurately reflect their identity.