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What trans and nonbinary people need to know about updating their passports and birth certificates

Trans and nonbinary people are able to update their passports with the sex marker that aligns with their gender identity as of June 17.

Almost 5,000 New Yorkers have 'X' gender markers on their IDs

The Gender Recognition Act of 2022 made a third gender option available on state-issued identification in New York.

Montana Judge Rules Transgender Birth Certificate Law Unconstitutional

The judge also held the state in contempt for violating a court order regarding sex designation rules.

Marc Jacobs Designs Shirts For Same Sex Couples
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Colorado Designer Wants to Discriminate Against Same-Sex Couples

No gay couples have actually asked Lorie Smith to make wedding websites for them yet.

PHOTOS: Celebs Design Wedding Bands for LGBT Charities

Proposition Love puts a celebrity spin on your ceremony.

Denver Web Designer Who Refused Same-Sex Couples Loses Court Case

The law at the center of the case is the same as the Masterpiece Cakeshop Supreme Court case from 2018.

Tennessee Judge Hands Down Devastating Decision for Transgender People

The four trans plaintiffs in Tennessee had sought to change the sex designation on their birth certificates.

New York I.D. Cards Will Soon Feature X Gender Marker Option

Changing names, sex designation, and birth certificates will also be easier due to the state's Gender Recognition Act. 

Supreme Court Takes Case Involving Refusal to Serve Same-Sex Couples

A Colorado web designer says she will not provide wedding website creation services to same-sex couples.

Invitation Etiquette

Invitation designer to the stars Marc Friedland gives the run down on the dos and don'ts for same sex couples when creating the announcements for that big day

Having a Field Day

What's stopping Confessions of a Shopaholic costume designer Patricia Field from sewing up the Sex and the City sequel? Not Vivienne Westwood.

Supreme Court Appears to Lean Toward Ruling for Antigay Web Designer

The court's conservative majority seemed to sympathize with a designer who argues she has a legal right to turn away same-sex couples who seek wedding websites.

Supreme Court to Hear LGBTQ+ Rights Case Before End of Year

The court has set the date to hear the case of a Colorado web designer who says creating wedding websites for same-sex couples would violate her free speech rights.

A Lesbian Mother's Fight for Her Right to Parent

In her new book, Parent Deleted, Michelle Darne intimately recounts the legal and emotional battle for her nonbiological children in a system designed to undermine opposite-sex parents. Read an exclusive excerpt below.

Pete Buttigieg Slams SCOTUS 303 Creative Ruling: A 'Solution Looking for a Problem'

The Transportation Secretary discussed the case on CNN's "State of the Union."

AMA Advocates to Remove Assigned Sex From Birth Certificates

The news caused a stir with conservatives online after Web MD posted about the recommendation on social media.

Supreme Court Rules 6-3 to Limit LGBTQ+ Protections, Rules in Favor of Homophobe

This court has ruled that businesses open to the public can discriminate against LGBTQ+ people.

Lawsuit challenges Trump's 'two genders' passport policy

The State Department, acting on a presidential executive order, has ended the use of a third-gender marker on passports and won't allow gender changes on them.

Is the Trump Administration Trying to Discourage Trans Travelers?

Policy regarding gender markers on passports has not changed, but new language seems designed to create confusion.

Social Security Will Allow Users to Select Own Gender Marker

LGBTQ+ groups applauded the move, which eliminates the need to provide documentation of gender.