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Lambda Legal and ACLU Urge Federal Court in Ohio to Strike Down Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

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January 16, 2020

The policy prohibits transgender people from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates.

See Also: Transgender Rights
VICTORY! Transgender Ohioans to Get Their Day in Court in Lawsuit Against the State

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September 12, 2019

A U.S. District Court judge today ruled that the lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU Ohio on behalf of four transgender plaintiffs seeking accurate birth certificates from the state of Ohio can proceed.

See Also: Transgender Rights
When Visibility Is Not A Choice

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March 30, 2018

What happens when people are forced to be visible because their birth assigned sex on legal identity documents does not match their gender identity?

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
Lambda Legal and ACLU File Lawsuit to Challenge Ohio’s Discriminatory Birth Certificate Policy

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March 29, 2018

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit challenging Ohio’s refusal to correct the gender marker on birth certificates for transgender individuals, for any reason, at any time

See Also: Birth Certificates, Transgender Rights

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