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[–] zoetry ago 

Well, you've not really provided any reasoning for people to not be allowed to change their birth certificates.

My link shows there is clearly legal precedent, and since we're talking about a legal document, that's all that really matters.

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[–] Rostin ago 

Please reread my first comment. I argued that a birth certificate records information that is true at birth. Gender dysphoria doesn't retroactively alter biological sex at the time of birth.

It may be that not all states treat "birth" certificates in quite that way, and really do use them as records of a persons' current vital information. In that case, it might make sense to allow transgender people to update their birth certificates with their new genders.

Probably my bottom line is that a birth certificate is a state record, not property of the individual. The way a transgendered person's recorded sex on his birth certificate makes him feel must take a back seat if altering it would significantly disrupt how birth certificates are used in official business.

IANAL, but I don't think legal precedent works the way you seem to think. It doesn't mean that the procedures in one state are (or ought to be) binding on another. It means that past decisions of a court must be given appropriate weight in future ones.

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[–] zoetry ago 

You seem to be making a lot of assumptions.

I see no evidence for your claim that a birth certificate is a record of your biological sex at birth. In fact, I see the opposite, given that so many states allow you to update it.

Probably my bottom line is that a birth certificate is a state record, not property of the individual.

And the state likes their records to be accurate. If they've decided that they should update it, that's their prerogative.

The way a transgendered person's recorded sex on his birth certificate makes him feel must take a back seat if altering it would significantly disrupt how birth certificates are used in official business.

So, do you have evidence of birth certificate updates significantly disrupting how those certificates are used in official business? Since so many states and countries allow them to be updated, it seems like the update doesn't negatively interfere with anything.

It doesn't mean that the procedures in one state are (or ought to be) binding on another.

I never claimed it does.