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Victory! Court Confirms Idaho's Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Law Violates Ruling

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August 7, 2020

The federal district court in Idaho today slapped down an effort by the Idaho legislature and Idaho Gov. Brad Little to resuscitate a ban preventing transgender people born in Idaho from changing the gender marker on their birth certificates to match their gender identity.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Federal Court Warns Idaho Against Disobedience of Injunction Barring Anti-Transgender Discrimination

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June 1, 2020

The Idaho Federal Court has confirmed that its injunction continues to apply, in full force and effect, and it has now expressly cautioned that HB 509 does not whatsoever absolve state officials from their obligation to comply with the federal injunction.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Transgender Rights
It’s Never Okay to Attack Trans Youth, But Especially Not During a Global Health Crisis

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March 31, 2020

State and federal leaders are prioritizing harming trans young people during a historic catastrophe.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Coronavirus, Health Care Fairness, Trans Day of Visibility, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools
Idaho Enacts Unconstitutional Anti-Transgender Law

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March 30, 2020

Idaho Gov. Brad Little today signed into law legislation that bans transgender people from changing the gender marker on their birth certificates, despite a federal court ruling Lambda Legal won two years ago declaring such a policy unconstitutional.

See Also: Trangender rights
Idaho Governor: Don't Resuscitate This Anti-Transgender Policy!

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March 17, 2020

The Idaho Senate today approved a bill already passed by the state House of Representatives that would ban transgender people from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates despite a federal court ruling two years ago declaring such a ban unconstitutional. Lambda Legal, which brought the lawsuit that resulted in that ruling, urged Idaho Gov. Brad Little to veto the bill when it lands on his desk.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Transgender Rights
Idaho House Passes Bill Banning Trans People from Correcting Gender on Birth Certificates

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February 27, 2020

The Idaho House of Representatives today passed a bill that would ban transgender people from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates despite a federal court ruling two years ago declaring such a ban unconstitutional.

See Also: Transgender Rights
Idaho Makes History Today by Recognizing the Identities of Transgender People

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April 6, 2018

Lambda Legal scored an important victory last month when a federal court ruled that Idaho was constitutionally required to provide accurate birth certificates to transgender people that reflect their gender identity.

See Also: Birth Certificates
Victory! Court Orders Idaho to Issue Accurate Birth Certificates to Transgender People

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March 6, 2018

A U.S. District Court judge ordered Idaho state officials to allow transgender people born in Idaho to apply to correct the gender markers on their State of Idaho birth certificates by April 6, 2018. Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit last April challenging Idaho’s categorical ban on such corrections.

See Also: Birth Certificates
Lambda Legal Sues Over Idaho's Anti-Trans Birth Certificate Policy

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April 18, 2017

Lambda Legal today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State of Idaho’s refusal to allow transgender people to correct the gender on their birth certificates.

See Also: Transgender Rights
15 Inspiring Moments for LGBT & HIV+ People in 2014

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December 26, 2014

2014 was an amazing year for the LGBT and HIV rights movements.