Questions remain one week after Texas started blocking transgender people from changing sex on driver's licensesA Houston-area advocacy group said it's not only a legal challenge, but there are also concerns over safety and privacy.
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Published: 10:32 PM CDT August 28, 2024
Updated: 10:32 PM CDT August 28, 2024
It's been a week since Texas began blocking transgender people from changing their sex on their driver licenses.
It has brought up questions that, at this time, there are no answers for.
A Houston-area advocacy group said it's not only a legal challenge, but there are also concerns over safety and privacy.
According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), "not having an accurate driver's license jeopardizes trans people's health and safety" by potentially exposing them to "discrimination, harassment and violence" and "state agencies can't ignore court orders."
In a statement, the Texas Department of Public Safety said: "The Office of the Attorney General has recently raised concerns regarding the validity of court orders ... to change the sex of individuals in government records."
As of Aug. 20, they stopped accepting requests.
Advocates said trans people should seek legal advice, hold on to court orders and pause on making changes to their driver license for now.
"Everything is ending up on a list that we don't know who has access to it, how it will be used," Goodman said. "We will be OK and we have each other's backs."----------
