The Hawaii Legislature has passed a bill that could make it a lot easier for transgender people to change their gender on their birth certificates.
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Currently people in Hawaii are required to undergo gender reassignment surgery if they want to make that change.
But the state House and Senate approved a bill this week that removes the surgical requirement.
Advocates say many people don't want to have surgery or can't afford to and the change paves the way for transgender people to access life's necessities and participate more fully in society.
Not everyone in the Hawaii Legislature supported the bill.
Senator Sam Slom said everyone's born as a man or woman and the state's heading down a sketchy slope.
