Oklahoma becomes first state to ban nonbinary identification on birth certificates
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(Worthy News) – Oklahoma residents will no longer be permitted to identify as nonbinary on their birth certificates.
Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill banning nonbinary identification on the government-issued documents Tuesday, just months after he issued an order to the state’s health department to stop issuing birth certificates with a nonbinary option, making his state the first in the nation to ban the gender marker option in explicit terms.
The ban has prompted concerns of discrepancies between state records and federal documents, as the United States has begun allowing travelers to identify as nonbinary on passport applications. [ Source: Washington Examiner (Read More…) ]
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