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Idaho House Passes Bill Banning Trans People from Correcting Gender on Birth Certificates

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By Lambda Legal

February 27, 2020

The Idaho House of Representatives today passed a bill that would ban transgender people from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates despite a federal court ruling two years ago declaring such a ban unconstitutional.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Idaho
Idaho Makes History Today by Recognizing the Identities of Transgender People

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By Lambda Legal

April 6, 2018

Lambda Legal scored an important victory last month when a federal court ruled that Idaho was constitutionally required to provide accurate birth certificates to transgender people that reflect their gender identity.

See Also: Birth Certificates, Idaho
Victory! Court Orders Idaho to Issue Accurate Birth Certificates to Transgender People

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By Lambda Legal

March 6, 2018

A U.S. District Court judge ordered Idaho state officials to allow transgender people born in Idaho to apply to correct the gender markers on their State of Idaho birth certificates by April 6, 2018. Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit last April challenging Idaho’s categorical ban on such corrections.

See Also: Birth Certificates, Idaho
Lambda Legal Sues Over Idaho's Anti-Trans Birth Certificate Policy

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By Lambda Legal

April 18, 2017

Lambda Legal today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State of Idaho’s refusal to allow transgender people to correct the gender on their birth certificates.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Idaho
15 Inspiring Moments for LGBT & HIV+ People in 2014

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By Lambda Legal

December 26, 2014

2014 was an amazing year for the LGBT and HIV rights movements.

See Also: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming
Marriage Cases Update: What You Need to Know

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October 9, 2014

It’s only Thursday and already so much has happened since Monday, when the Supreme Court announced that it would not take up cases from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin that struck down state bans on marriage for same-sex couples — making it possible for same-sex couples to begin marrying in those five states.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Victory! Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Marriage Ban for Same-Sex Couples in Nevada and Idaho

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By Lambda Legal

October 7, 2014

Today in a unanimous decision the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit struck down discriminatory marriage bans for same-sex couples in Nevada and Idaho.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Idaho, Nevada

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