South Dakota’s Supreme Court has ruled that transgender individuals cannot change the gender marker on their birth certificates to reflect their gender identity.
The decision stems from a 2024 case involving Sigrid Nielson, a transgender woman who petitioned to have her sex designation changed from male to female. A circuit court denied the request, and Nielson appealed.
In its ruling Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld that denial, finding that state law allows changes to a birth certificate’s sex designation only when the original record was entered in error at the time of birth.
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