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Title: Puerto Rico Supreme Court allows ‘X' as third gender choice on birth certificate
Post by: Lori Dee on June 02, 2025, 10:17:21 PM
Puerto Rico Supreme Court allows 'X' as third gender choice on birth certificates
The ruling means that nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people will now be able to select 'X' as their gender marker on birth certificates.
Link to Full Article (https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/puerto-rico-supreme-court-gender-choices-birth-certificates/3713949/)
NBC4 News - By The Associated Press
June 2, 2025

Activists on Monday celebrated a decision by Puerto Rico's Supreme Court to allow nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people to update their birth certificates.

The ruling comes after a group of six nonbinary people filed a lawsuit against Puerto Rico's governor, its health secretary and other officials.

The ruling means that nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people will now be able to select 'X' as their gender marker on birth certificates.

The ruling comes more than seven years after a U.S. federal court ordered Puerto Rico's government to allow transgender people to change their gender on birth certificates following a lawsuit if they so wished.

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