In 1971, Bernardsville, New Jersey junior high music teacher Paula Grossman was fired from her position of 14 years after openly transitioning and announcing her identity as a woman. 1970s Īnimation: US LGBT anti-discrimination laws/regulations, 1972-2011 The same occurred in the case of Matter of Anonymous, 64 Misc. The change of sex was denied, but the name change was granted. In 1968 a transgender person again sought a change of name and sex on their birth certificate in the case of Matter of Anonymous, 57 Misc. The decision of the court in Weiner was affirmed in Mtr. The New York City Health Department refused to grant the request, and the court ruled that the New York City and New Jersey Health Code only permitted a change of sex on the birth certificate if an error was made recording it at birth, so the Health Department acted correctly. The case concerned a transsexual person from New York City who had undergone sex reassignment surgery and wanted a change of name and sex on their birth certificate. In 1966 the first case to consider transsexualism in the US was heard, Mtr. 3.1 Violence against transgender people and their partners.
