New York City bungles transgender equality Export

@misc{citeulike:5948470, abstract = {Last week, New York City's Board of Health scuttled a proposal that would have given people more freedom to change the sex on their birth certificate. The proposed plan would have been the first in the country to permit individuals to declare a gender without making any anatomical changes. But before it could get off the ground, the plan spawned a furor. In failing to anticipate that backlash, the board did a significant disservice to the transgender community.}, author = {Yoshino, Kenji}, citeulike-article-id = {5948470}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.slate.com/id/2155278/pagenum/all}, day = {11}, journal = {Slate Magazine}, keywords = {birth\_certificate, identity, law, nyc, transgender}, month = {December}, posted-at = {2009-10-16 04:34:54}, priority = {0}, title = {New York City bungles transgender equality}, url = {http://www.slate.com/id/2155278/pagenum/all}, year = {2006} }

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