This article discusses how racial categories, rooted in social history, are used in records and society. It argues race isn’t scientifically valid and that removing racial data could reduce prejudice, ...

The claim: A recent news clip ‘exposed’ Obama’s ‘fraudulent’ birth certificate. A Feb. 20 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes a video of a news conference about a supposed ...

The birth certificate does not list Kamala Harris’ race, but that doesn’t tell us anything about her racial identity. It also doesn’t mention Donald Harris’ race, but he is Black.

Currently, people do not need a birth certificate to register to vote, but the could change with the SAVE Act. You can get a copy of you birth certificate for a small fee and a bit of time.

When I transitioned nearly 25 years ago, changing my birth certificate didn’t seem necessary: I’d been able to have all my other vital records altered, from my driver’s license to my Social ...

TransOhio partnered with the Franklin County Probate Court and others to host an in-person pop-up clinic on Saturday, Dec. 14 and processed 258 birth certificate name change and correction ...

An email response from the Office of Vital Records at the Minnesota Health Systems Bureau confirms that birth certificates are the jurisdiction of the state where an individual was born. Because ...