Some Ohio counties would have rubber-stamped Hailey Adelaide’s request to change an official birth record “sex marker” from male to female.
But Adelaide, who was born with obvious male anatomy but has lived as a female, lodged the request in a county where officials believe state law gives them no authority to alter that aspect of a birth certificate.
Now Adelaide’s dispute is heading to the state’s highest court amid national debates over a flurry of transgender issues, including pending lawsuits attacking transgender birth certificate policies in Montana and Tennessee.
The Ohio Supreme Court agreed to accept Adelaide’s case on Oct. 11. Coincidentally, on that date, the national LGBT community was marking National Coming Out Day to encourage and support people who openly declare they are transgender, like Adelaide, or consider themselves lesbian, gay, or bisexual….
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