Post by Logan on May 13, 2016 12:25:38 GMT -6
Proposed rule change slammed as harming transgender youth: 'These regulations will be written in their blood'
A Topeka transgender activist and her attorney decried a proposed change Thursday that would bar individuals from altering the gender on their Kansas birth certificates, saying the new regulation would be written in the blood of transgender teens.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is seeking a regulation that would require the gender on birth certificates to match the gender of the individual at birth. In the past, Kansas has allowed individuals to change the gender on the document.
If the regulation goes into effect, Kansas will join only a handful of states that don’t allow people to change the gender on their birth certificates. The regulation likely would prompt legal action by opponents.
The change would mean transgender people couldn’t change their birth certificate to match their current gender identity, even if they have identified as that gender for years.
Read more: cjonline.com/news/2016-05-12/proposed-rule-change-slammed-harming-transgender-youth-these-regulations-will-be
A Topeka transgender activist and her attorney decried a proposed change Thursday that would bar individuals from altering the gender on their Kansas birth certificates, saying the new regulation would be written in the blood of transgender teens.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is seeking a regulation that would require the gender on birth certificates to match the gender of the individual at birth. In the past, Kansas has allowed individuals to change the gender on the document.
If the regulation goes into effect, Kansas will join only a handful of states that don’t allow people to change the gender on their birth certificates. The regulation likely would prompt legal action by opponents.
The change would mean transgender people couldn’t change their birth certificate to match their current gender identity, even if they have identified as that gender for years.
Read more: cjonline.com/news/2016-05-12/proposed-rule-change-slammed-harming-transgender-youth-these-regulations-will-be