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In the United States, vital records are typically maintained at both the county [1] and state levels. [2] In the United Kingdom and numerous other countries vital records are recorded in the civil registry. In the United States, vital records are public and in most cases can be viewed by anyone in person at the governmental authority. [3]
A specimen Ontario short-form birth certificate. In Canada, the issuance of birth certificates is a function of the provinces and territories. In 2008, provinces and territories started rolling out new polymer certificates to new applicants. [31] [32] Canadian birth certificates may be obtained from the following:
While Minnesota was the first state in 1917 to seal and make court adoption records unavailable to the public, [1] in 1935 California became the first state to seal and make an adoptee's original birth record unavailable except by court order. [2]
As of September 2018, no documentation or surgery is needed to change a gender marker on NYC birth certificates, and birth certificates may be amended to use an "X" gender marker. [237] As of January 2023, [238] New York State birth certificates may be corrected to show an "X" gender designation. Parents may do this on behalf of a child under 16.
Laura Inter of Mexican intersex organization Brújula Intersexual, imagines a society where sex or gender classifications are removed from birth certificates and other official identification documents, [48] and Morgan Carpenter of OII Australia states that, "the removal of sex and gender, like race and religion, from official documentation" is ...
For example, until August 1, 2015, the state of Massachusetts required sex reassignment surgery for a birth certificate change, [153] [154] but only a form including a sworn statement from a physician that the applicant is in fact the new gender to correct the sex designation on a driver's license. [155]
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Tennessee will not change the sex on a birth certificate under any circumstances. [52] [53] [54] In December 2020, a federal judge invalidated an unconstitutional departmental rule banning sex changes on an individual's birth certificate within Ohio. [55] In 2022, Oklahoma became the second state to ban legal gender marker change on birth ...