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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Abe Asher

Oklahoma governor signs bill banning nonbinary marker on birth certificates

Copyright 202w The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has signed a bill to prohibit the use of nonbinary gender options on state birth certificates, the first ban of its kind in the United States.

The state’s legislature has passed a string of bills in recent months targeting reproductive freedom, transgender athletes, and, now, nonbinary individuals amid a nationwide wave of anti-gender nonbinary legislation.

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