A conservative state representative is pushing a proposal that would block Utahns from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates and leave only two designations — male or female.
The state’s existing law for a person requesting a legal change to match their gender identity is ambiguous and currently under review by the Utah Supreme Court. Currently, the courts and government agencies have applied their own, and often inconsistent, interpretations.
The bill that Rep. Merrill Nelson, R-Grantsville, plans to introduce during the legislative session, which starts Monday, would require individuals — including those who are transgender and gender nonconforming — to keep on their birth certificates the sex they were assigned at birth.