On Monday, the Missouri Department of Revenue changed its policy so that residents now must provide proof of gender-affirmation surgery or a court order to update their gender on driver’s licenses. Previously, the department required doctor approval, but not surgery, to change the gender listed on state-issued identification.
“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’s license or nondriver ID card denoting gender other than their biological gender assigned at birth,” spokesperson Anne Marie Moy said in the statement.
Missouri does not have laws dictating transgender people’s bathroom use. But Missouri is among at least 24 states that have adopted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for minors.
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