A Montana judge has blocked a 2021 state law that would have barred transgender people from changing the gender listed on their birth certificate unless they had undergone gender-affirming surgery.
A Montana state judge on Thursday blocked a 2021 state law that would have barred transgender people from changing the gender listed on their birth certificate unless they have undergone gender-affirming surgery.
The judge ordered the Montana Department of Health and Human Services to reinstate a 2017 rule that said that a person could modify their birth certificate by presenting an affidavit or a form indicating that a person had transitioned — no surgery required, perThe American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Montana had filed a lawsuit challenging the law, arguing that it violates the equal protection clause of the Montana Constitution.
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