Tomorrow, legal advocates will urge the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to reverse a lower court ruling upholding Oklahoma’s discriminatory policy of categorically prohibiting transgender people born in Oklahoma from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificates to match their gender identity.
Lambda Legal and Tulsa attorney Karen Keith Wilkins filed Fowler v. Stitt in March 2022 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The U.S. District Court rejected the claims in June 2023, and Lambda Legal appealed the decision to the Tenth Circuit.
WHO: Peter Renn, Senior Counsel of Lambda Legal, will be presenting the oral argument and will be available to the press outside of the courthouse for comment immediately after the court proceedings. Requests for comments can also be made to media@lambdalegal.org.
WHAT: Oral argument for Lambda Legal case, Fowler v. Stitt.
WHERE: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Byron White United States Courthouse, 1823 Stout St., Denver, CO. The argument will also be live-streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/live/ivUd1gA5gnA?si=dly1p-4px9vXFIQ1
WHEN: Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at 9:00 am MDT
More information on this case is available at https://lambdalegal.org/case/fowler-et-al-v-stitt-et-al/
Handling the case on behalf of Lambda Legal are Senior Counsel Peter Renn, Senior Attorney Sasha Buchert and South Central Regional Director Shelly L. Skeen. They are joined by Tulsa attorney Karen Keith Wilkins.