Quick Hit: Changing Driver's License Gender Markers, Coming Soon?
http://transgenderequality.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/quick-hit-changing-driver%E2%80%99s-license-gender-markers-coming-soon/The current edition of MOVE, a magazine for the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA), includes extensive coverage of issues transgender people face with identification cards. The article "Transgender Drivers: New Norms in Customer Service," encourages DMV staff in all states to reflect on their treatment of transgender people and sets a positive tone for transgender people in their service offices:
The notion that a person believes the sex assigned at birth is an inadequate description or application of their gender may conflict with the DMV staffs' personal, political or religious beliefs. As public servants, personal feelings or bias cannot interfere with quality customer service extended to those we serve. When there are fewer facts known and agreed upon, there is greater controversy; where there are more facts known and agreed upon, controversy diminishes. Perhaps no greater place is this felt than in the transgender community.
The National Center for Transgender Equality is pleased by AAMVA's willingness to learn and teach on transgender issues.
