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| Region | West Virginia |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | Jun 18, 2020 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In 2020, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled to not issue revised birth certificates anymore, but simply cross out the old gender marker and write the new one under it. This makes transgender people easily identifiable. |
| Sources | https://www.wboy.com/top-stories/w-va-supreme-court-ruling-challenges-a-right-to-change-a-gender-marker-on-a-birth-certificate-transitioning-in-west-virginia/ |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal, no restrictions |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal, no restrictions |
| Description | In 2020, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled to not issue revised birth certificates anymore, but simply cross out the old gender marker and write the new one under it. This makes transgender people easily identifiable. This new precedent is currently being contested in court. | In 2020, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled to not issue revised birth certificates anymore, but simply cross out the old gender marker and write the new one under it. This makes transgender people easily identifiable. |
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| Status | Ambiguous |
| Start Date | Jun 18, 2020 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In 2020, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled to not issue revised birth certificates anymore, but simply cross out the old gender marker and write the new one under it. This makes transgender people easily identifiable. This new precedent is currently being contested in court. |
| Sources | https://www.wboy.com/top-stories/w-va-supreme-court-ruling-challenges-a-right-to-change-a-gender-marker-on-a-birth-certificate-transitioning-in-west-virginia/ |