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Kansas Transgenders Can Now Change Sex on Birth Certificates

 

Kansas will allow transgender residents to change their birth certificates so that the documents reflect their gender identities under a legal settlement ending a federal lawsuit. LGBTQ-right advocates said yesterday (Mon. 6-24) that Kansas now will have a policy on birth certificates in line with most other states' policies.

 

U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree signed an order to make the agreement binding on Kansas Department of Health and Environment officials who issue birth certificates. Four transgender Kansas residents along with the Kansas Statewide Transgender Education Project sued in 2018 over the health department not allowing a change to the sex listed on their birth certificates after they legally changed their names.

 

Gov. Laura Kelly applauded the agreement and called the old policy "outdated." Opponents argue that a birth certificate is a record to reflect the science behind a person’s gender – either your biologically male or female – and that we should not become detached from reality for political purposes

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