No surgical sex change? No problem at BMV to alter gender on licenses

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No surgical sex change? No problem at BMV to alter gender on licenses

http://www.vindy.com/news/2009/sep/19/no-surgical-sex-change-no-problem-at-bmv-to-alter/?newswatch
Marc Kovac
9/19/09

Those wishing a change need only a doctor's statement to verify gender identity.

COLUMBUS — Ohioans wanting to change their gender on state-issued driver's licenses or identification cards no longer have to have their body parts medically altered, under a new policy introduced by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles this month.

In the past, transgender Ohioans had to obtain letters from physicians as proof that they had completed full sex-change operations to change the gender listing.