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Judge: Idaho can prevent transgender people from changing sex on birth certificate

by LAURA GUIDO / Idaho Capital Sun
| January 9, 2026 3:55 PM

A federal judge on Thursday lifted a years-long ban on Idaho’s law that prevents transgender people from amending their gender on their birth certificate. 

The state had been blocked from enforcing the policy since a 2018 federal court order found that it violated the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. 

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