Under a state law dating back to 1985, a trans or intersex person can petition a local circuit court judge to change that sex designation. Get a daily rundown of the Milwaukee storiesHall says trans people can end up being outed and may face discrimination when the sex on their birth certificate doesn’t match their appearance. The ACLU helped bring the lawsuit on behalf of the organization Trans Law Help Wisconsin and Jaida Birch McGuire, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran who was born in Oshkosh. In addition to discriminating against trans people, the ACLU argues that Wisconsin’s law discriminates against intersex people. Wisconsin-born veteran sues over law that restricts when trans people can change the sex on their birth certificates was originally published by Wisconsin Public Radio.