Federal vs. state. The Ohio Department of Health initially permitted transgender people to amend their birth certificates, but that policy changed in 2016, and the reversal sparked a federal lawsuit.

Before 2016, the Ohio Department of Health allowed transgender people to change their birth certificate, but the department changed the policy, which precipitated a federal lawsuit.

The Ohio Supreme Court effectively upheld a probate court’s decision to deny an application to change the sex marker on the birth certificate of a transgender woman Tuesday morning.

So when Hailey Adelaide wanted to correct the gender marker on her birth certificate in 2021, she gathered up the paperwork and submitted an application in Clark County. Hamilton County Magistrate ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A transgender Clark County woman asked the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday to order a lower court to change the gender marker on her birth certificate from male to female, but two ...