The law, which defines male and female as a person’s sex assigned at birth, went into effect in July after lawmakers overrode the governor’s veto. By Anna Betts Kansas will no longer change the birth ...

After 85 years, adopted Minnesotans regain access to their birth records In 1939, birth records for adopted children in the state went dark with an “act relating to vital statistics.” After decades of ...

Massachusetts residents could seek out an “X” gender designation on their birth records under legislation the state Senate plans to consider Thursday alongside another bill that creates a pathway for ...

As a single mother, it was hard for Adriana Yoguez to have time off from her job. So when she took the day off to mail a request in September 2022 for an amended birth certificate, changing her ...

The U.S. Army will alter the records of transgender soldiers to show only their sex at birth, according to internal guidance seen by Reuters that details a series of steps it will take as it pushes ...

The Kansas Attorney General introduced a formal opinion on the state's new Women's Bill of Rights, which aims to define the term "woman" and enforce the use of a person's "biological sex at birth" on ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A busy 2023 legislative session has ushered in 77 new Minnesota laws this, but it will take nearly a year before one landmark law change impacts adoptees and their birth parents. On July ...

The Clerk-Recorder now has an office on wheels — a tricked out van — and is pulling into spots across Orange County to make ...