Judge: Idaho Must Allow Gender Changes On Birth Certificates

BOISE, Idaho (AP) – A federal judge says Idaho can’t keep automatically rejecting applications from transgender people seeking to change the gender listed on their birth certificates.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale says rules by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
She said Monday that the state must begin considering applications to change the sex listed on birth certificates under new, constitutionally sound rule