Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, pictured here giving his State of the State address in Oklahoma City on Feb. 7, is being sued by Lambda Legal over his decision to prohibit the state from correcting birth certificates for transgender people. (Stephen Pingry/Tulsa World via AP File) Gov.
Stitt ordered OSDH to stop changing gender markers on birth certificates DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Lambda Legal has filed a lawsuit in Oklahoma challenging an executive order issued by Gov.
Kevin Stitt prohibiting trans people born in the state from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates. Before the executive order was issued on Nov.
8, 2021, the Oklahoma State Department of Health allowed trans people to correct their birth certificates so their gender marker matched their gender identity.