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Federal appeals court says there is no fundamental right to change sex on a birth certificate in Tennessee

A federal appeals court ruled 2-1 on Friday that Tennessee does not unconstitutionally discriminate against transgender people by not allowing them to change their sex designation on their birth certificates in the state. “There is no fundamental right to a birth certificate recording gender identity instead of biological sex,” 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …

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