ACLU Files Suit On Illinois Refusal To Correct Birth Certificates
Filed by: Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
May 19, 2011 8:30 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2011/05/aclu_files_suit_on_illinois_birth_certificate_chan.phpThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the Illinois Department of Public Health for refusing to correct birth certificates of transgender and transsexual people, requiring proof they have undergone a series of sex-reassignment surgeries before they can change the sex marker on their birth certificates.
The ACLU released a statement May 10, claiming that the State Registrar of Vital Records had failed to uphold a promise it made two years ago to amend outdated policies that blocked most transgender men and many transgender women from updating their birth certificates.
