Ohio’s Anti-Transgender Statute Struck Down.
A Federal Court struck down an Ohio statue that did not allow people to correct their gender on their birth certificate. (Advocate.com)
“This policy resembles the sort of discrimination-based legislation struck down under the equal protection clause in Romer v. Evans as nothing more than a policy ‘born of animosity toward the class of person affected’ that has ‘no rational relation to a legitimate government purpose,’” Judge Michael Watson of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio wrote in his ruling, issued Wednesday.
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Ohio is now forced to allow Transgender people the opportunity to correct their birth certificate. The Ohio law that was a thinly veiled attempt to discriminate against the Trans community was struck down. There are many more fights left before our Transgender friends and family are granted full equality under the law.
