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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Abe Asher

EXPLAINED: Oklahoma governor signs bill banning nonbinary marker on birth certificates | Rare Historical Photos

Copyright 202w The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has signed a bill to prohibit the use of nonbinary gender options on state birth certificates, the first ban of its kind in the United States.

The state’s legislature has passed a string of bills in recent months targeting reproductive freedom, transgender athletes, and, now, nonbinary individuals amid a nationwide wave of anti-gender nonbinary legislation.

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