There are holes in the law allowing Utahns to legally change their gender, state Sen. Todd Weiler said Tuesday, and that ambiguity has led the courts and government agencies to take their own — and sometimes inconsistent — approaches to each request.
“Right now we basically have anarchy,” the Woods Cross Republican said. “Any judge can make up any criteria and make any court order.”
Weiler sponsored a bill during the last legislative session aimed at establishing clear rules for legally changing one’s gender. That effort failed, amid objections from both far-right conservative groups and advocates for the transgender community, as well as a pending ruling on a gender change case by the Utah Supreme Court.