All posts tagged "birth certificates"
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Florida settles lawsuit with same-sex couples over children’s birth certificates
The State of Florida has settled a lawsuit with two same-sex couples who were denied accurate birth certificates for their children because of the state’s...
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Arkansas Supreme Court won’t allow lesbian moms to be listed on birth certificate
The Arkansas Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling and found that parents in same-sex relationships do not have the same right to be listed...
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Judge: Florida must change gender on transgender teen’s birth certificate
A Florida judge has ordered the Florida Department of Health to amend the birth certificate of a transgender male teen to reflect his proper gender...
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Judge: Indiana must list lesbian mothers on child’s birth certificate
A federal judge has ruled that the state of Indiana must list both spouses in lesbian marriages as parents on their children’s birth certificates. U.S. District...
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Transgender woman sues Kansas over refusal to amend birth certificate
A transgender woman in Kansas is suing the state Department of Health and Environment over an internal policy under which they deny all requests from...
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South Dakota anti-trans birth certificate measure tabled
A bill in South Dakota that would have required state and local governments to only accept personal information on a person’s birth certificate as legally...
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South Dakota anti-transgender “bathroom bill” heads to governor’s desk
Gov. Daugaard has five days to veto measure before it goes into law
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Same-sex couples challenge Florida’s discriminatory birth certificate policy
Two Florida lesbian couples have asked a federal court to order officials to allow both sets of women to be listed as parents on their children’s...
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Christie vetoes N.J. transgender birth certificate bill
Veto override looks unlikely as Christie demands bill have more safeguards against "fraud, deception and abuse"
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Texas AG faces contempt hearing for ignoring gay marriage rights
Ken Paxton and another state official accused of refusing to recognize gay man's surviving spouse on death certificate
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Federal court: Utah must recognize lesbian couple as legal parents
Judge rules Utah's assisted reproduction statute must apply equally to same-sex and opposite-sex couples
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Chris Christie vetoes pro-LGBT gestational carrier bill
Transgender advocates in New Jersey may be biting their nails after Gov. Chris Christie (R) issued a veto of a pro-LGBT surrogacy bill on Monday, June...
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New Jersey legislature passes birth certificate reform bill
Both chambers of the New Jersey Legislature on Thursday passed a bill amending New Jersey’s procedures for issuing new birth certificates for transgender or intersex individuals...
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Two LGBT bills to become law, but without Gov. Hogan’s signature
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) is declining to put his signatures on two pieces of legislation that seek to advance LGBT rights, instead allowing them...
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Michigan transgender residents sue secretary of state over driver’s license policy
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Michigan announced on Thursday that they have filed a federal lawsuit against Michigan Secretary of...
