A quiet move just made it harder for Missouri residents to change their gender on their driver’s license. Previously, all residents had to do was fill out a gender designation change request form and get it approved by a physician, therapist or social worker — but that has changed.
Under the new Department of Revenue rule, residents will have to prove they’ve had transitioning surgery or they’ll have to get a court order to make the change.
Missouri LGBTQ+ rights advocacy group PROMO is calling on the department’s director to explain the “sudden shift in policy.” The group has also launched a campaign that allows people to file reports if they’re struggling to get their name or gender marker changed.
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The move comes after some Republican state lawmakers questioned the old policy on gender identifications. This follows protests and counterprotests in August over a transgender woman’s use of women’s changing rooms at a suburban St. Louis gym.
