The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled April 17 that a minor female undergoing a so-called gender transition may not change her name to a more masculine name.
Mississippi law defines a minor as a person under the age of 21 years, according to the Mississippi chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which represented the minor.
The Mississippi Supreme Court voted 8–1 to deny the petition of the minor, identified as S.M.-B., after Hinds County Chancery Court Judge Tametrice Hodges denied the name change request on Nov. 21, 2023.
Justice James Maxwell wrote the state high court’s majority opinion in the case that affirmed the lower court’s ruling….