The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles indicated this week that transgender Floridians will no longer be able to change the listed gender on their drivers licenses. And the memo, sent to county tax collectors, has sparked both backlash and support.
According to USA Today, trans Floridians used to be able to change their ID by “submitting either a court order for a name change or an official physicians letter for proof of gender transition treatment.” So if Jimmy wanted his license to reflect that he was now a she named Jamie, he’d just have to get proof of his legal name change or that he was going through gender transition procedures.
Now, however, anyone who misrepresents their biological gender will be conducting “criminal and civil” fraud.
“Permitting an individual to alter his or her license to reflect an internal…
