Utah Republican wants to block birth certificates from being changed to reflect gender identity - Metro Weekly

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "But as far as a birth certificate, that's a different document, and sex [is] different from gender identity."
47% : Nelson said that lawmakers have three choices: 1) abide by the Supreme Court's decision, and allow transgender people to change their "sex" designation on all identity documents; 2) define the term "sex" in a manner that disallows gender-marker changes on all identity documents; or 3) prohibit gender-marker changes on birth certificates, but amend other state-issued documents, such as driver's licenses or school transcripts, to include the designation "gender identity" and allow changes to that.
43% : I don't think it's sound public policy to equate biological sex with gender identity.
41% : But State Rep. Merill Nelson (R-Grantsville) objects to the court's decision, arguing that lawmakers should prioritize ensuring that a person's biological sex at birth cannot be changed on birth certificates, because sex and gender identity are two different things.

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