DeSantis Admin. Denies Right IDs For Trans People
therainbowtimesmass.comDeSantis Once More Robs Transgender Floridians of Due Rights to Update Their Driver Licenses, Gender Markers On IDs TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—In a move intended to criminalize transgender Floridians, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle published a memo that rescinds a policy allowing transgender Floridians to update the gender marker on their driver’s licenses or IDs.Nadine Smith, Executive Director of Equality Florida, issued the following statement:“In Florida, tens of thousands of people have legally updated their gender marker on their driver’s license or ID.
They carefully followed the rules to ensure their identification accurately reflects who they are, and they trusted this process.
Now, an abrupt policy reversal has thrown their lives into chaos. The cruelty of this kind of government overreach and intrusion should alarm every Floridian.
These reckless and hateful policies are intended to make the transgender community feel unsafe and unwelcome in Florida and to bully them out of public life entirely.We know this is a devastating development, and we are working with our coalition partners, our grassroots volunteers, and our legal groups to figure out what options are available to fight back.”These attacks on the transgender community are part of a political operation.
