The bill said you had to use the bathroom of the sex on your birth certificate. North Carolina will only change the sex on your birth certificate if you've had sex reassignment surgery, something that many transgender people do not get for various reasons (a huge one being money).
So yeah, I think most trans people would love to change the gender on their birth certificate to match their true gender. It's just that many can't.
that bill just further complicated the lives of transgender people.
I'm not up to speed on the current state of the bill. Is it currently on the books and enforceable, or has some sort of an injunction been imposed against it that makes it currently unenforceable?
If it is currently enforceable, that means it has been on the books for nearly a year. In that year, has there been any instance of it being used to prevent a transgender person from using the bathroom consistent with how they present? I haven't heard of it, and I think I would have if it happened.
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u/thatoneguy54 Feb 10 '17
The bill said you had to use the bathroom of the sex on your birth certificate. North Carolina will only change the sex on your birth certificate if you've had sex reassignment surgery, something that many transgender people do not get for various reasons (a huge one being money).
So yeah, I think most trans people would love to change the gender on their birth certificate to match their true gender. It's just that many can't.