PHARR, Texas -- Juan's Texas-issued birth certificate shows he was delivered 40 years ago by a midwife in Brownsville at the state's southern tip. He spent his life wearing American uniforms: three ...
In the United States, birth certificates usually consist of a Certificate of Live Birth, which is a standard form. Its purpose is to collect information and issue a recognized birth certificate that ...
Late last month, Oklahoma became the first state in the country to explicitly prohibit a nonbinary gender marker on birth certificates. The legislation not only shows a profound disregard for the ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)-- Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday signed a bill that adds a third gender category on birth certificates issued in New York City. The new non-binary identity category, known as ...
Born Equal: Eliminating Ethnicity and Race from Birth Certificates This article discusses how racial categories, rooted in social history, are used in records and society. It argues race isn’t ...
On Tuesday, 55-year-old Sara Kelly Keenan received something in the mail she’s been waiting for her entire life: an accurate birth certificate. Keenan was born intersex, with male genes, female ...
Andrea Ross does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...