Montana District Judge Michael Moses speaks to attorneys during a court hearing on birth certificate changes for transgender people, on Sept 15, 2022, in Billings, Mont. Moses said in a Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, order that state health officials were being "demonstrably ridiculous" as they repeatedly refused to follow his orders to stop enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
September 19, 2022
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September 19, 2022 12:10 p.m.
Judge chides Montana for refusing order on transgender law
The law was challenged by two transgender people born in Montana who wanted to correct their birth certificates