Legislation To Change Gender On Birth Certificate Passes House

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SPRINGFIELD, IL – (Brian Mackey – WCBU Radio, Peoria.  Click on the link above to read the full story.  Here is an excerpt below.)

Native Illinoisans would have an easier time changing the gender on their birth certificates, under legislation approved today in the Illinois House.  Under current law, only people who’ve had gender reassignment surgery can ask to change their birth certificates.

Several Republicans disagreed, saying the legislation would make it too easy to change one’s legal gender.  The measure passed narrowly… on a vote of 63 to 43.   It now goes to the Illinois Senate.

NOTE:  Area State Represenatives, Dave Severin (R -Benton), Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) and Brandon Phelps (D-Norris City) all voted against the measure.

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