Dispute Over ‘Correcting’ Sex on Transgender Birth Record Heads to Ohio Supreme Court

Applicant with male anatomy says female mental state was not considered

A bathroom is set aside for transgender students at the University of California Irvine, in Irvine, Calif., on September 25, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Some Ohio counties would have rubber-stamped Hailey Adelaide’s request to change an official birth record “sex marker” from male to female.

But Adelaide, who was born with obvious male anatomy but has lived as a female, lodged the request in a county where officials believe state law gives them no authority to alter that aspect of a birth certificate.