In the United States, birth certificates usually consist of a Certificate of Live Birth, which is a standard form. Its purpose is to collect information and issue a recognized birth certificate that ...

For many Americans, birth certificates aren’t just an important identity marker, they are an entry point into many parts of life. But for trans and nonbinary people, birth certificates can be a hurdle ...

Certified copies or “certificates” of birth and death records are base documents that prove identity, provide access to important services (school, medical, etc.) and accounts. Taking extra steps to ...