Transgender activist sues Kansas over birth certificate

[stephaniec]

Transgender activist sues Kansas over birth certificate

http://www.wibw.com/content/news/Transgender-activist-sues-Kansas-over-birth-certificate-370034951.html

WIBW/By Associated Press; Nick Viviani | Posted: Wed 5:44 PM, Feb 24, 2016

"TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) —  A transgender activist is suing Kansas over its refusal to update her gender on her birth certificate.

Topeka resident Stephanie Mott filed the lawsuit against the Kansas Department of Health and Environment last week."

[traci_k]

Kansas Woman Sues State for Denying Her an Accurate Birth Certificate

Transgender Law Center

Transgender Law Center, along with co-counsel Irigonegaray and Associates and Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, PC, is representing Stephanie Mott in a lawsuit challenging the state of Kansas's policy of refusing to update the gender markers on the birth certificates of transgender people.

"One of the first things I ever knew about myself is that I'm a girl, but to this day, the state of Kansas refuses to update my birth certificate to reflect who I truly am," said Stephanie, a 58-year-old woman and social work student at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. "It's so important for me that my birth certificate reflect my authentic self. Having accurate identity documents is not only a matter of human dignity but also an issue of safety. I shouldn't have to out myself as transgender every time I apply for a job or when I register to vote."
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More In-Depth info on the case from Transgender Law Center

[suzifrommd]

"One of the first things I ever knew about myself is that I'm a girl..."

It always bothers me when trans people use their age at self-discovery as a way to validate a claim of gender. I worry that the cis community will begin using that as a way to divide us into those deserving of having our BC's changed vs. those who aren't.

[Amy1988]

Most likely I'll be the next one filing a law suit against Louisiana over my birth certificate.  I trying the legal process first but if they refuse I will have to sue.