I Know Of A Couple Trans People From Ohio

And they are stuck… they cannot change their birth certificates even after surgery.

Transgender people can't change their birth certificates in Ohio
Cincinnati.com
By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press
March 29, 2018

COLUMBUS - Four transgender people filed a lawsuit Thursday against Ohio saying the state won't allow them to change the gender listing of their birth certificates to properly reflect their identities.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing the plaintiffs, said the requirement prevents the three females and one male from obtaining a document essential to everyday living and subjects transgender people to discrimination and potential violence.

"Ohio's categorical bar stands in sharp contrast to the approach of nearly all other states and the District of Columbia, which have established processes by which transgender people can correct the gender marker on their birth certificate," according to the lawsuit.

The action further claims the birth certificate rule imposed by the Ohio Department of Health and state Office of Vital Statistics also is inconsistent with Ohio's practice of permitting transgender people to correct gender markers on their driver's licenses and state identification cards.

Having a birth certificate that reflects your true gender is vital, you need it to be employed and you need it for the Real ID Act. What do you think a prospective employer will think if you are a trans man and your birth certificate says you are female or if you are flying and have to go through TSA?

Let’s hope that they win in court and that they will be able to change their birth certificate.