Sen. Mike Cierpiot, R-Lee's Summit, has a bill to bar transgender Missourians from changing the sex on their birth certificates, (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Photo Credit: Annelise ...

R.M.A. is transgender and has gotten his birth certificate amended to reflect his identity as a man. The case has an extensive history, dating back to an original complaint to the Missouri Human ...

A Missouri Senate committee debated a bill that would prevent transgender individuals from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates. The bill's sponsor argues that birth certificates ...

Mike Cierpiot of Lee’s Summit, said birth certificates reflect “facts on ... but the case was appealed and is currently awaiting a Missouri Supreme Court opinion. “The reason this (bill ...