REPUBLICAN Lawmaker Stops Bill to Prevent People From Changing Gender on Their Birth Certificate

Indiana State Rep. Bruce Borders (R) introduced House Bill 1361 Thursday, the text of which reads:

The gender listed on an individual’s birth certificate and the permanent record made from the birth certificate under section 9 of this chapter may be changed only if any of the following conditions exist: (1) The: (A) person filing the birth certificate; or (B) state department recording the information; made a typographical or clerical error concerning the individual’s gender.