Senator Micheal Bergstrom filed SB 1100, which would require male and female to be the only options on birth certificates to identify a child’s sex at birth. If passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor, the sex or gender designation on a birth certificate shall be either male or female, meaning nonbinary or any symbol representing a nonbinary designation, including, or not limited to the letter “X,” cannot be used on the birth certificate.

If SB 1100 is passed it will harm countless people in non-binary, gender-queer, and intersex communities. It denies the existence of these already marginalized people and will make it impossible for them to get even the most basic form of identification to list their actual identity. Non-binary and gender queer people will be invalidated every time they have to show their birth certificate. The parents of intersex children (who have both male and female sexual characteristics) will have to simply pick one, not knowing if they're making the right choice. Intersex people will have to either fit into the sex binary or not be acknowledged by our government.

As a young nonbinary person myself, I feel it is my turn to fight for this community, but I can't do it alone. So, please sign this petition to stop SB 1100 and pave the way for my future.