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Donald Trump has pledged severe federal crackdowns on transgender people. Erin Reed outlines steps for preparing for these challenges, sharing stories from trans individuals who are already taking action.
The change comes after trans Kansans represented by Lambda Legal filed suit.
After being denied by the DMV, three trans women are suing to legally get their IDs changed.
The state will no longer offer gender-neutral licenses until the new rules are in place.
The new rule mirrors an old rule which was defeated in court.
Also, New Yorkers will no longer have to get a health care provider's OK to change a gender marker.
Policy regarding gender markers on passports has not changed, but new language seems designed to create confusion.
Transgender, nonbinary, and intersex residents are suing over a new policy that makes it nearly impossible to change their gender marker and bans the use of a gender-neutral one.
Judge Michael Moses said his earlier order to revert to a simple process to change the gender marker was "clear as a bell."
They can make their voices heard as the state's Republican attorney general seeks to deny them the right to change the gender marker on their licenses.
A key figure in getting the gender marker change on passports nearly a decade ago, Harper Jean Tobin is now focused on helping sex workers and fighting Trump.
One would make it easier to change the gender marker on birth certificates; the other would outlaw the use of anti-LGBT "panic" as defense against a murder charge.
A letter signed by every member of the Florida Democratic congressional delegation calls upon President Joe Biden to use the 2005 law to block a ban on changing driver's license gender markers.
Transgender Americans "may face barriers to voting in person" due to a "mismatch with their information as listed on voter registration rolls," according to a new report.
While recognition of gender identity has increased significantly in the past two decades, so has the criminalization of transgender people, a new study shows.
The rule applies even if a person has updated their birth certificates, or even potentially if they have a court order.
While there has been progress in creating inclusive identity markers on the federal level, some states have tried to restrict ID choices.
