A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a Tennessee policy prohibiting transgender individuals from changing the sex marker on their birth certificate. In a 2-1 decision, the 6th Circuit U.S ...

In a 2-1 decision, the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled the Tennessee policy is constitutional, writing that "there is no fundamental right to a birth certificate recording gender identity ...

Just days after the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for ...

In 2019, four transgender women challenged that law, arguing that they should be able to change their birth certificates to reflect their gender identities so they can use IDs without having to ...

The justices ordered lower courts to reconsider transgender cases in light of their recent ruling upholding a ban on ...

The court’s decision allows the law in Tennessee and has implications for the 23 other states that have banned similar treatments in recent years.

For Tennessee’s Transgender Families, the Court Ruling Was Bitter, but Expected The state has been a leader in the rollback of L.G.B.T.Q. rights. Listen to this article · 4:39 min Learn more ...

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Republican-backed ban in Tennessee on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors on ...

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a Tennessee policy prohibiting transgender individuals from changing the sex marker on their birth certificate. In a 2-1 decision, the 6th Circuit U.S ...