Montana court blocks enforcement of ban on gender marker changes
A state district court granted a preliminary injunction blocking prohibitions on changes on the gender markers on driver's licenses and birth certificates.
December 17, 2024
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A state district court granted a preliminary injunction blocking prohibitions on changes on the gender markers on driver's licenses and birth certificates.
This is at odds with how the agency has handled this approval process for years.
“We’ve seen over the last several years a militant effort in red states by the government to discriminate against trans folks, in particular, and the broader LGBTQ community, and even to go so far as to try to deny trans people's existence,” said Mike Zamore, national director of policy and governmental affairs at the ACLU.
The Gender Recognition Act of 2022 made a third gender option available on state-issued identification in New York.
The move is the latest in a series of states that have tried to launch ways to report transgender issues to authorities; such attempts in other states have not been successful.
Kansas will require state-issued ID to view "acts of homosexuality" beginning July 1, which is considered "harmful to minors" under state law.
Critics say the “women’s bill of rights” is an “erasure” of the trans community in the state.
The new rule mirrors an old rule which was defeated in court.
Utah's anti-transgender laws are putting even children who aren't trans in jeopardy.
H.B. 257 would not only ban transgender folks from many public facilities but also call for jail time.
A federal judge agreed with Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach.
The four trans plaintiffs in Tennessee had sought to change the sex designation on their birth certificates.
The parents are fighting back, however.