At One Time States Were Eager…

… To allow us to change our birth certificates because they realized that by allowing us to change our birth certificates we could be gainfully employed. Back in 1965 ten states passed laws allowing us to change our birth certificates and many of them were Republican controlled states, but now things have changed.

Transgender plaintiffs sue Tennessee to change birth certificate gender
"In times where anti-trans violence is escalating, I deserve to have identity documents that reflect who I am," Kayla Gore, the lead plaintiff, said.
NBC Out News
By Gwen Aviles and The Associated Press
April 24, 2019

When Jason Scott wanted to attend community college in Seattle, he needed a high school transcript, and he couldn’t get that without a birth certificate. The only problem was that Scott is transgender and his Tennessee birth certificate lists him as female.

The resulting confusion prevented Scott from enrolling the first semester, and he nearly lost his scholarship, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Nashville on Tuesday.

In the suit, Gore v. Lee, Scott and three transgender women challenge a Tennessee statute that prohibits transgender people from changing the gender listed on their birth certificates.
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"Forty-seven states, DC and Puerto acknowledge the importance of allowing people to have access to essential government identity documents that accurately reflect their sex, consistent with their gender identity," Gonzalez-Pagan said. "It is time for Tennessee to join them."
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Tennessee even allows gender changes if a person presents a notarized affidavit and “documentary evidence showing the correct sex of the individual,” according to the lawsuit. But the Tennessee Vital Records Act includes a provision that “the sex of an individual shall not be changed on the original certificate of birth as a result of sex change surgery.”

The Republicans are against all things LGBTQ+ they pass laws against us out of spite, and for votes, and for campaign donations.

And Connecticut Republicans are on the anti-trans bandwagon.

Some of amendment and laws they tried to pass here in Connecticut…

• Amendment: Increased penalty of a crime that was committed while crossdressed.
• Amendment: Exclusions for dorms rooms, showers, locker rooms, bathrooms
• Amendment: Upon a majority vote of the board, reassign an elementary school teacher for the remainder of the school year if such teacher exhibits a change in gender identity or expression during a school year.
• Amendment: Birth gender bathrooms
• Amendment: Requires a person to be diagnosed with GID to be covered by the law
• Amendment: Requiring trans people to register with the Department of Motor Vehicle
• Law: Stripping out health insurance coverage from us.