CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2011. Â After years of promises and inaction, three ACLU of Illinois clients soon will receive new birth certificates from the Division of Vital Records of the Illinois Department of Public Health that reflect their correct gender. The development follows an order by a Cook County Circuit Court Judge last week in a case that challenges the Stateâs practice of refusing to correct the gender on birth certificates of transgender individuals who have had gender confirmation surgery but not the specific forms of genital surgery demanded by the department. The ACLU of Illinois filed a lawsuit in May 2011 to allow transgender individuals who have not had gender confirmation surgery to correct the gender marker on their birth certificates.
