Transgender female turned away at Baton Rouge OMV for not looking like a man

[stephaniec]

Transgender female turned away at Baton Rouge OMV for not looking like a man

http://www.wdam.com/story/29986302/transgender-female-turned-away-at-baton-rouge-omv-for-not-looking-like-a-man 🔗


WDAM/Posted: Sep 08, 2015 11:20 PM CDT Updated: Sep 08, 2015 11:48 PM CDT
By Kevin Frey
 
"BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -
A self-identified transgender woman was denied a driver's license at the Baton Rouge Office of Motor Vehicles on Friday after being told she did not suitably look like a man.

"It's such discrimination that you just feel powerless," Alexandra Glover said.

Born a boy named Dylan, Glover's birth certificate says she is a male. While at the OMV, Glover wore makeup and a dress, which was a red flag for the clerk."

[suzifrommd]

If someone were denied a license because they were Black or Latino, there would be pickets outside. Us? We release a statement.

People like that need to be afraid of us - afraid of the bad publicity we could generate. Instead, we're the ones who are afraid.

[Dena]

That's the very reason I couldn't update my license before surgery and had to carry a passing letter should I be stopped. Had I not had the passing letter, I could have been hauled off to jail where I might have had to remove all my makeup and pull my hair back so I look somewhat male. It was one of the many surprises I found on Susan's that a license could be changes at the start of transitioning instead of after SRS. It appears however that the old standards still exist in some areas of the country.

[Serenation]

So terrible that this can happen 🙁

[Jill F]

First amendment rights violation. 

[gennee]

Louisiana has some weird laws.