Kansas Can Refuse to Change Trans Residents' Birth Certificates: Court

Kansas no longer has to change the gender on birth certificates for transgender residents who request this, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree vacated parts of an agreement the state had reached in 2019 with trans Kansans who had sued over the state’s refusal to issue birth certificates that reflect their gender identity. Crabtree had approved the agreement. Since then, they have been able to obtain the updated certificates. But several state officials, represented by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, a Republican, sought to have that...