Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill that bans the use of nonbinary gender markers on state birth certificates.
legal advocacy group Lambda Legal. Several states have done the exact opposite in recent years, allowing citizens to use nonbinary gender markers on state documents.
States like Colorado, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Indiana and Hawaii have adopted the gender-inclusive policy. The federal government now also allows nonbinary gender markers on passports.In this March 30, 2022, file photo, Kara Klever wears what appears to be a transgender flag while holding a sign protesting Governor Kevin Stitt's signing of the bill SB2, the Save Women in Sports Act, in the Blue Room at the Capitol, on Oklahoma City.
The bill follows a 2021 civil case against the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The agency was sued after it refused to allow a nonbinary option on a birth certificate. The department settled the lawsuit and allowed the use of the nonbinary option. Despite the settlement, Stitt issued an executive order that would prohibit people from changing their gender on birth certificates. A federal lawsuitis ongoing and seeks to allow transgender people to correct the gender marker on their Oklahoma birth certificates.
This ban on gender markers is the latest bill targeting the LGBTQ community that Stitt has signed into law.In this June 28, 2013, file photo, the Oklahoma State Capitol building is shown in Oklahoma City.
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