Missouri now requires proof of surgery or court order for gender changes on IDs
Missouri residents now must provide proof of gender-affirmation surgery or a court order to update their gender on driver’s licenses following a Revenue Department policy change.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri residents now must provide proof of gender-affirmation surgery or a court order to update their gender on driver’s licenses following a Revenue Department policy change.
Previously, Missouri required doctor approval, but not surgery, to change the gender listed on state-issued identification.
Missouri’s Revenue Department on Monday did not comment on what prompted the change but explained the new rules in a statement provided to The Associated Press.
“Customers are required to provide either medical documentation that they have undergone gender reassignment surgery, or a court order declaring gender designation to obtain a driver license or nondriver ID card denoting gender other than their biological gender assigned at birth,” spokesperson Anne Marie Moy said in the statement.
Republican state Rep. Justin Sparks at a news conference to address a transgender woman's using the women's locker room at the Life Time fitness center in Ellisville, Mo., on Aug. 2. Ethan Colbert / APLGBTQ rights advocacy group PROMO on Monday criticized the policy shift as having been done “secretly.”
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