A contentious back-and-forth between a Montana judge and the state on the ability of transgender residents to change the gender listed on their birth certificate took a dark turn on Thursday.
A contentious back-and-forth between a Montana judge and the state on the ability of transgender residents to change the gender listed on their birth certificate took a dark turn on Thursday, with lawyers for the government saying they planned to ignore the judge and continue to enforce a rule banning amendments to certificates. In a statement that twice called the judge’s order “vague,” the state asserted the rule would remain in effect while it considered “next steps.
” The dispute stems from a state bill signed into law last year that restricted but did not outright prevent a transgender person from changing their birth certificate. District Court Judge Michael Moses stepped in with an April preliminary injunction blocking the law on the grounds that it was “vague.
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