Judge rejects trans plaintiffs' bid to change their birth certificates in TN [View all]

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group of Tennessee-born transgender plaintiffs hoping to compel the state to let them change the sex designations on their birth certificates.

The plaintiffs had sought to overturn a 1977 law that generally prohibits such changes. They said it unconstitutionally discriminates against transgender people and the sex designation on their certificates is inaccurate because it does not reflect their gender identities.

The lawsuit also argued that the policy is harmful, saying that when transgender people show their birth certificates for identification, the mismatch between the documents and their gender identities exposes them to possible harassment and even violence.

U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson wrote in his decision to dismiss that while there are varying definitions of "sex," the term "has a very narrow and specific meaning" for the purpose of birth certificates: "external genitalia at the time of birth."

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/23/transgender-rights-in-tennessee-judge-rejects-birth-certificate-suit/70352751007/

Another idiot not understanding that gender and sex are two fundamentally different things.