A federal court in the U.S. state of Idaho has overturned a state-wide ban that stopped transgender people from changing the sex on their birth certificates to match their gender identity.
In the bill that introduced the ban, the state argued that maintaining accurate vital records was key to protecting public health, with the bill signed into law in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. LGBT+ rights organisation Lambda Legal, which filed a legal challenge to the ban, welcomed the ruling. "Idaho officials may not block transgender people from obtaining identity documents that reflect who they are."
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