South Of The Border

We won another court case, this time in Mexico.

Mexico's top court says new birth certificate must be issued after sex change
Reuters
By Anthony Esposito
May 8, 2019

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s Supreme Court asked the state of Jalisco on Wednesday to grant a new birth certificate to a resident there to reflect the fact the person changed their sex and name, another step toward equal rights in the socially conservative country.

“As the Supreme Court has argued in other cases, everyone has the right to define their own sexual and gender identity and it is the state’s responsibility to guarantee this decision, which is reflected in the different documents, mainly in the birth certificate,” the court said in a statement.

The court said the person, who was not identified, could go to the civil registry directly to request the new birth certificate, which is required for an array of legal and bureaucratic procedures in Mexico.

Pink News reported that,

The court issued a similar ruling in October 2018, allowing a Veracruz resident to change their gender marker without going before a judge, as had been customary until then.

At least Mexico is heading in the right direction unlike the U.S.