In a 4-1 decision announced on Friday, Utah's Supreme Court expanded transgender rights in the state by siding with two trans petitioners seeking court orders to change their names and sex on birth certificates. In supporting its ruling, the court emphasized the importance of its decision affirming the right of the appellants, Sean Childers-Gray and Angie Rice, to have the ability to change their names and legal sex designations. The court's decision went beyond just granting the appellants their sex-change petitions. The court also ordered that going forward, sex-change petitions should generally be granted unless sought for a wrongful or fraudulent purpose and articulated a test and framework to grant them in the state. After obtaining a court order approving a sex or name change, Utahns can then apply to have their birth certificate changed.
Utah Supreme Court upholds rights of trans persons to change name and sex on state records
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