Ohio moves to allow trans people to correct birth certificates

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Ohio is one of only three states that doesn’t allow transgender people to correct the gender on their birth certificates, but that will soon be changing.

A federal judge ruled in December that Ohio’s ban on transgender people correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates was unconstitutional. The state has decided that not only will they not appeal the ruling, they’re reportedly in talks with legal advocates to make the process simpler.

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According to a filing with the court, the Ohio Department of Health is “updating its communications on this issue to reflect compliance” with the court order instead.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that the state health department is in active discussions with the ACLU of Ohio, who is keeping mum on the progress of the “negotiations.” But Ohio is expecting to have a process for allowing trans people to update their birth certificates in place on June 1.

This is after Judge Michael Watson of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ruled…

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