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  2. Birth certificate - Wikipedia

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    A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a person. The term "birth certificate" can refer to either the original document certifying the circumstances of the birth or to a certified copy of or representation of the ensuing registration of that birth. Depending on the jurisdiction, a record of birth might or might not ...

  3. Sealed birth records - Wikipedia

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    Sealed birth records refers to the practice of sealing the original birth certificate upon adoption or legitimation, often making a copy of the record unavailable except by court order. Upon finalization of the adoption, the original birth certificate is sealed and replaced with an amended birth certificate declaring the adoptee to be the child ...

  4. LGBT rights in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Birth certificates. There are procedures for changing name and gender on an Ohio birth certificate. Following a 1987 court case, In re Ladrach, Ohio did not allow persons born in the state to amend the gender marker on their birth certificate following sex reassignment surgery. This policy was revised in 2016.

  5. Vital record - Wikipedia

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    Vital record. Vital records are records of life events kept under governmental authority, including birth certificates, marriage licenses (or marriage certificates ), separation agreements, divorce certificates or divorce party and death certificates. In some jurisdictions, vital records may also include records of civil unions or domestic ...

  6. Same-sex marriage in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    The Census Bureau estimated that 54.4% of same-sex couples living in the state in 2018 were married. The 2020 U.S. census showed that there were 17,986 married same-sex couple households (7,303 male couples and 10,683 female couples) and 17,654 unmarried same-sex couple households in Ohio. [31]

  7. Transgender rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Tennessee will not change the sex on a birth certificate under any circumstances. In December 2020, a federal judge invalidated an unconstitutional departmental rule banning sex changes on an individual's birth certificate within Ohio. In 2022, Oklahoma became the second state to ban legal gender marker change on birth certificates. This ...

  8. Legal recognition of intersex people - Wikipedia

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    US states have recognised third options since at least 2012, in the case of an 'hermaphrodite' birth certificate sex marker in Ohio. In 2013, Germany became the first European nation to register babies with characteristics of both sexes as indeterminate gender on birth certificates, amidst opposition and skepticism from intersex organisations ...

  9. Live birth (human) - Wikipedia

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    Live births are recorded on a U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth, also known as a birth certificate. The United States recorded 3,605,201 live births in 2020 which is a 4% decrease from 2019 and the 6th consecutive year of decline in births.