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Alaska DMV Must Allow Sex Designation Change

Started by SandraJane, April 28, 2012, 05:49:10 AM

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April 28, 2012, 05:49:10 AM




Alaska DMV Must Allow Sex Designation Change


Transgender plaintiff prevails on claim lack of policy violates her privacy


BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD  | Published: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 2:21 PM CDT


http://www.gaycitynews.com/articles/2012/04/25/gay_city_news/news/doc4f984d01c8040856997420.txt


An Alaska Superior Court judge has ordered that state's Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to adopt a regulation establishing a procedure for changing the sex designation on a driver's license. In a March 12 ruling, Judge Michael Spaan found that the lack of an established policy facilitating such a change violated the state constitutional privacy rights of a transgender individual, who would be placed in the position of "outing" themselves as transgender every time they are asked to show their license.
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