The policy to bar transgender Texans from modifying their gender on driver's licenses meets stiff resistance (+ more trans news)

Criticism, spam flood DPS email created to report court orders from transgender Texans

Texas DPS flooded with criticism, spam due to anti-LGBTQ order

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) recently implemented a policy prohibiting changes to the sex marker on driver’s licenses and state IDs, even with court orders or amended birth certificates.

Advocacy groups, including the ACLU of Texas, have criticized the policy, arguing it endangers transgender individuals by exposing them to potential discrimination and violence.

“Documents obtained by the Dallas Morning News showed that of the 542 pages of correspondence sent to the email address [for correcting gender marker], roughly 70 pages contained emails from DPS employees that included court order submissions or messages that were heavily redacted, making it unclear what was reported. The remaining emails featured pleas to stop collecting information about transgender Texans, criticism of the agency’s move and spam.”

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