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Sex Change Petition

A circuit court improperly denied a person’s petition to change their legal sex from female to nonbinary, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled. The circuit court’s authority to grant sex change requests is “not restricted to male or female.”

SALEM, Ore. — A circuit court improperly denied a person’s petition to change their legal sex from female to nonbinary, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled. The circuit court’s authority to grant sex-change requests is “not restricted to male or female.”

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