birth certificate
noun
: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage
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Sarah Catherine is on my birth certificate, and then Campbell is my middle, followed by Hook, my last name.
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Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 24 Feb. 2025
The policy also led the Bureau of Consular Affairs to freeze passport applications requesting gender marker changes, effectively blocking updates for transgender individuals whose identification documents did not align with their birth certificates.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
The Barnetts claimed, not long after bringing her home, that Natalia was not the age reflected on her birth certificate, because Natalia allegedly had pubic hair, a menstrual cycle and a mental illness.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
The most common criticism has been that the policy allegedly allows trans athletes to bypass the restriction by changing the gender on their birth certificate.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 24 Feb. 2025
The policy also led the Bureau of Consular Affairs to freeze passport applications requesting gender marker changes, effectively blocking updates for transgender individuals whose identification documents did not align with their birth certificates.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
The Barnetts claimed, not long after bringing her home, that Natalia was not the age reflected on her birth certificate, because Natalia allegedly had pubic hair, a menstrual cycle and a mental illness.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
The most common criticism has been that the policy allegedly allows trans athletes to bypass the restriction by changing the gender on their birth certificate.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Birth certificate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birth%20certificate. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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birth certificate
noun
birth cer·tif·i·cate
-(ˌ)sər-ˈtif-i-kət 
: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage
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