Genderqueer residents can now have their birth and death certificates amended to reflect their gender identity.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed three bills into law on Tuesday that offer more rights and protections for the LGBTQ community.
The first two measures, SB478 and SB493, allow birth and death certificates for transgender residents to be amended to reflect their gender identity. People may identify themselves as female, male or undesignated. Previously, transgender or genderqueer residents had to undergo gender confirmation surgery and obtain proof from their doctor to update their birth certificate.
The third bill, SB705, establishes the Transgender Equality Task Force, which will ensure that protections are put in place for the trans community andoversee those efforts.
According to the measure, the group, consisting of 17 members, will provide “recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor on how to ensure equality and improve the lives of transgender individuals, with particular attention to the following areas: healthcare, long term care, education, higher education, housing, employment and criminal justice.”
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No wonder Jersey is going broke
ReplyDeleteGotta protect the queers and the hell with the rest huh?
What a sad country we live in.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone on here really support this?
If so please confirm by signing your name.
Where's my protection ?
ReplyDeleteLiberals bemoan conservatives for not believing the "science" of global warming, yet they deny the science of biology. We are born male,or female. There is no "identification" of a different sex than that which one is born with. The so-called "indentification" is a mental illness that is in conflict with their biology. It's ALL in their heads, as their body says otherwise. Liberals are legalizing and validating mental illness. Go figure.
ReplyDeleteThis is what happens when you elect progressives (socialists)
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