UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS June 18, 2024

Christopher M. Wolpert FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Clerk of Court _________________________________

ROWAN FOWLER; ALLISTER HALL; CARTER RAY,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

v. No. 23-5080

KEVIN STITT, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Oklahoma; KEITH REED, in his official capacity as Commissioner of Health for the Oklahoma State Department of Health; and KELLY BAKER, in her official capacity as State Registrar of Vital Records,

Defendants - Appellees.

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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION; AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OKLAHOMA; GLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS; STATE OF KANSAS; STATE OF ARKANSAS; STATE OF IOWA; STATE OF INDIANA; STATE OF GEORGIA; STATE OF LOUISIANA; STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; STATE OF MISSOURI; STATE OF MONTANA; STATE OF NEBRASKA; STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA; STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; STATE OF TENNESSEE; STATE OF TEXAS; STATE OF UTAH; STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,

Amici Curiae. Appellate Case: 23-5080 Document: 010111066868 Date Filed: 06/18/2024 Page: 2

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma (D.C. No. 4:22-CV-00115-JWB-MTS) _________________________________

Peter C. Renn, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Los Angeles, California (Sasha Buchert, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Shelly L. Skeen, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Dallas, Texas; and Karen Keith Wilkins, Tulsa, Oklahoma, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiffs – Appellants.

Audrey A. Weaver, Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma (Garry M. Gaskins, II, Solicitor General, and Zach West, Director of Special Litigation, with her on the brief), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Defendants – Appellees.

Harper S. Seldin, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York; and Adam Hines and Megan Lambert, American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, filed an amicus curiae brief for American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma.

Kimberly A. Havlin and Ariell D. Branson, White & Case LLP, New York, New York; and Patience Crozier, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, Boston, Massachusetts, filed an amicus curiae brief for GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders.

Kris Kobach, Attorney General, Anthony Powell, Solicitor General, and Erin B. Gaide, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Kansas, Topeka, Kansas, filed an amicus curiae brief for State of Kansas, State of Arkansas, State of Iowa, State of Indiana, State of Georgia, State of Louisiana, State of Mississippi, State of Missouri, State of Montana, State of Nebraska, State of North Dakota, State of South Carolina, State of Tennessee, State of Texas, State of Utah, and State of West Virginia. _________________________________

Before HARTZ, McHUGH, and FEDERICO, Circuit Judges. _________________________________

McHUGH, Circuit Judge. _________________________________

2 Appellate Case: 23-5080 Document: 010111066868 Date Filed: 06/18/2024 Page: 3

Starting in at least 2007, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (“OSDH”)

permitted transgender people to obtain Oklahoma birth certificates with amended sex

designations.1 So,