Gonzalez v. Nevares

CARMEN CONSUELO CEREZO, United States District Judge

This is an action for declaratory relief brought by three transgenders and an organization that advocates for the civil rights of LGBT people in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. They seek one common determination: that defendants be ordered to permit transgender persons born in Puerto Rico to correct their birth certificates to accurately reflect their true sex, consistent with their gender identity, in accordance with the practice delineated in 24 L.P.R.A. section 11361 and without adhering to the practice delineated in 24 L.P.R.A. section…