Missouri makes it harder for transgender people to change gender marker on IDs

[Lori Dee]

Missouri makes it harder for transgender people to change gender marker on IDs
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The Kansas City Star - NATALIE WALLINGTON
AUGUST 20, 2024 5:22 PM

Missourians hoping to change the gender marker on their state-issued IDs now face major barriers to doing so, following a quiet change to state policy earlier this month.

A form used in DMVs across the state to change the gender marker (M or F) on IDs like driver's licenses is no longer available, state Department of Revenue spokesperson Anne Marie Moy confirmed to The Star.

"Form 5532 is no longer needed," she wrote in an email Monday, referring to the previous gender marker change form. "Customers are required to provide either medical documentation that they have undergone gender reassignment surgery, or a court order declaring gender designation to obtain a driver license or nondriver ID card denoting gender other than their biological gender assigned at birth."

Form 5532 required some identifying information and a signed "gender designation statement" by the applicant, as well as a signature from a medical or social service provider like a doctor, therapist or social worker. The form did not require a court order or proof of gender-affirming surgery. Now, the state requires one or the other in order to update IDs.

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