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are proposing a change to New York City birth certificates today oh they want an option for adults who did not identify with their gender and they would be able to choose X for their own birth certificate Eyewitness News reporter Campbell is Richardson is live at City Hall with more on the story Campbell well Dave on Thursday Council Speaker Cory Johnson will introduce that bill here at City Hall it's something he's been dedicated to for years having helped pass related legislation back in 2014 this would be a game-changer at a time when the notion of gender identification is still very much of all of it we're doing this to actually help people in a meaningful way a way to right or wrong when it comes to birth certificates a way for people to choose the option that best reflects how they see themselves Council Speaker Cory Johnson is proposing legislation that would add a third category to the document along with male and female you could also pick X right now parents of a newborn can indicate the sex of their baby is undetermined this new change would allow adults to modify their own birth certificates while most people including most transgender people identify as either male or female non-binary individuals do not identifies either one of those things Johnson says he's passionate about the effort after talking to friends who felt they weren't accurately being represented this legislation is an expansion of a bill he helped craft and the city passed in 2014 that removed certain requirements for a person looking to change his or her gender designation on their birth certificate and what happened next during a roughly two year period was remarkable 731 New Yorkers went and got their birth certificates changed and corrected them in a way that matched how they feel about themselves the age of applicants ranged from five years old to 76 years old forty-one were under the age of 18 and got parental consent this groundbreaking legislation the most send a powerful signal to the world that New York City government works for everyone now tomorrow the City Board of Health will look at an identical proposal and after public hearings that fall continues on track this could be law by the fall or early next year New York City would join California Oregon and Washington in terms of having that third category on birth certificate