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Gender issues.
Gender issues. Defines "female", "male", "gender", and "sex" for all Indiana statutes. Provides that the department of correction shall assign an offender, including a delinquent offender, to a facility or program that is based on the offender's sex. States that a local health officer shall mark the sex of an individual as male or female on a birth certificate. Provides that the Indiana department of health may make an addition to a birth certificate, for purposes of paternity, in certain situat…
SB 182 targets the transgender community in Indiana in a number of ways. It would impose rigid definitions of "male" and "female" based on reproductive systems – without regard to gender identity. It also prevents Hoosiers from being able to change the sex listed on their birth certificates, unless they have "a medically verifiable disorder of sex development."
Status: Failed. Tagged as LGBTQ+ Rights.