(Indiana) Braun's new executive order makes it harder for transgender people...

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Braun's new executive order makes it harder for transgender people to change driver's licenses

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/braun-s-new-executive-order-makes-it-harder-for-transgender-people-to-change-driver-s-licenses/ar-AA1Aftlj?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=b36bbbde5c8a4246b86817c8d2349e62&ei=133

Story by Hayleigh Colombo, Indianapolis Star (4 March 2025)

Gov. Mike Braun on Tuesday signed an executive order that bans the state government from promoting so-called "modern gender ideology" with several implications for transgender Hoosiers.

The state under Braun's administration will "respect and enforce the biological binary of man and woman as a fundamental," according to one of two executive orders signed by Braun.

"Hoosiers have too many pressing needs to spend their tax dollars trying to redefine what it means to be a boy or a girl," Braun said. "Today's executive order will end any confusion about our state's policy on this issue so we can focus on my goal to secure freedom and opportunity for all Hoosiers."

Now, the Braun administration says that it will no longer issue driver's licenses with the X gender marker, and that it will only change people's genders on drivers licenses from their sex assigned at birth "by court order," according to deputy chief of staff Molly Craft.

Sex changes to birth certificates already requires a court order in Indiana, but that could get more complicated under the executive order as well. Those birth certificates are issued by county health departments and then shared by the Department of Health.

"Any changes to birth certificates after initial issue must be run through IDOH's database," according to Craft. "As directed in (the executive order), IDOH will push back on county courts that try to change sex on a birth certificate after issuance."


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"Hoosiers have too many pressing needs to spend their tax dollars trying to redefine what it means to be a boy or a girl," Braun said, yet that is exactly what they are doing.

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