Oklahoma issues first nonbinary certificate

Published October 22, 2021 1:57pm ET



Oklahoma issued its first nonbinary birth certificate, setting up a showdown with state GOP lawmakers.

After the Oklahoma Department of Health issued its first gender-neutral Oct. 7 birth certificate to a former Oregon resident who was born in Oklahoma, Republican elected officials vowed to fight against the new policy, including Gov. Kevin Stitt, who vowed to take “whatever action necessary.”

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