Republican controlled states harass trans people by stopping them from having the right gender marker on state ID cards.
Missouri has quietly enacted a policy change that makes it far more difficult for transgender individuals to update the gender marker on their state-issued IDs.
- https://www.transvitae.com/missouris-new-gender-marker-policy-a-step-backward-for-transgender-rights
Missouri makes it harder for transgender people to change gender marker on IDs
Transgender Texans are no longer able to update the sex marker listed on their state driver’s licenses, even if they have officially updated their birth certificates or other legal document
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-quietly-issued-a-policy-to-stop-trans-texans-from-updating-their-gender-on-state-drivers-licenses_n_66c66a28e4b01c59f9de00bc
- https://www.kut.org/texas/2024-08-21/texas-transgender-trans-drivers-license-change-update-policy
It is not about trans people as such. “It is the eradication of this plurality that is the agenda, as it explicitly seeks to stop people from being themselves for the sake of a small minority who feel uncomfortable.”
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