Lillith Campos, an Onslow County resident, and transgender rights activist says the required “sex reassignment surgery” is expensive and sometimes medically unnecessary.
“There’s people like me that can’t afford surgery. There's people that just flat out don't want surgery, and there's people that can't have surgery due to medical reasons," she said.
Lillith is a plaintiff in the case and she is joined by two minor plaintiffs. She calls her co-plaintiffs brave.
“We need to recognize that there's these kids out there that are fighting these fights with me. They’re the real heroes," she said.
Carl Charles of Lambda Legal’s Atlanta office says the case is important because birth certificates carry more weight than other state documents.
“It is a quintessential identity document that follows a person from birth until death. It is essential to every person's ability to navigate through life, oftentimes required to access employment, education, housing, health care, banking, travel, and government services," he said.
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