A Puerto Rican flag flies in the capital. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
In the filing, the court explains that there would be no rational basis to deny the request.
"The current Birth Certificate Policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico arbitrarily distinguishes between binary and nonbinary individuals and subjects nonbinary individuals to disfavored treatment, without any justification for doing so. In such cases, it is the duty of the federal courts to intervene, to guarantee the equal protection of all persons under the law," it states.
Pedro Julio Serrano, president of Puerto Rico’s LGBTQ+ Federation, called Friday’s ruling a historic one that upholds equality, according to the Associated Press.
FILE: Demonstrators touch a giant Puerto Rican flag from underneath as they protest. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)
The legislators have already enacted legislation to ensure that, in the case of modifications, the original, unaltered birth certificates are preserved by the state.
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Puerto Rico joins at least 17 U.S. states that permit their residents to include the nonbinary or gender-neutral sex on their birth certificates.
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