Trans women denied photo IDs at D.C. DMV office

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Trans women denied photo IDs at D.C. DMV office

Washington Blade July 23, 2014 | by Lou Chibbaro Jr.

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/07/23/trans-women-denied-photo-ids-d-c-dmv-office/

In response to an inquiry from transgender advocate Ruby Corado, the director of the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles said on Monday she would take immediate steps to make sure DMV employees approve photo identification cards for transgender applicants who qualify for them.

DMV Director Lucinda Babers issued that assurance in response to an email from Corado, founder and director of D.C.'s Casa Ruby community center, in which Corado informed her that DMV employees earlier this month denied non-driver's license photo ID cards to two transgender women who are fully qualified to receive them.

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Sounds like a case of the employees were not aware of the DMV's own policies. You would think that if a form was filled out, there would be a supervisor that would know. When I had the gender changed on my NJ license, the DMV employee had never seen the form before and obviously had never done a gender change. She asked her supervisor who did know and had the issue resolved in a 2 minutes flat.