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Transgender birth certificate change gets initial approval in Colorado House
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2015/04/transgender-birth-certificate-change-gets-initial-approval-in-colorado-house/Transgender Colorado residents moved a step closer Wednesday to being able to change the gender listings on their birth certificates without getting surgery.
The Democrat-led House gave preliminary approval to the plan over objections from some Republicans who opposed a provision allowing original birth certificates to be sealed, instead of having them marked to say the gender has been changed....
“It’s intrusive. It requires people to go to a court, in front of a room full of strangers, and explain why they are changing the gender marker on their birth certificate,” Moreno said....
“I don’t think the government should be joining in the confusion that’s in someone’s mind,” Klingenschmitt said.
The Democrat-led House gave preliminary approval to the plan over objections from some Republicans who opposed a provision allowing original birth certificates to be sealed, instead of having them marked to say the gender has been changed....
“It’s intrusive. It requires people to go to a court, in front of a room full of strangers, and explain why they are changing the gender marker on their birth certificate,” Moreno said....
“I don’t think the government should be joining in the confusion that’s in someone’s mind,” Klingenschmitt said.
You just knew Klingenschmitt was going to weigh in, didn't you?
We need to start a club of particularly odious state legislators: Nevada's Michele Fiore (R-Cancer is a Fungus) and Tennessee's Stacey Campfield (R-Don't Say Gay) are other shining examples.