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Title: Mark of change in Dallas courts: Judges now updating driver’s licenses for trans
Post by: Shana A on February 13, 2010, 06:49:29 AM
Post by: Shana A on February 13, 2010, 06:49:29 AM
Mark of change in Dallas courts
By John Wright | News Editor wright@dallasvoice.com
Feb 11, 2010 - 7:38:28 PM
http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_12477.php (http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_12477.php)
Judges now updating driver's licenses for transgender people
Marla Compton has been living full time as a woman for more than two years.
But Compton driver's license and other forms of ID still have an "M" next to "sex" and list the male first name she was given at birth.
Compton said she's reluctant to spend thousands of dollars to hire an attorney and seek what is known as a gender-marker change, which she called a "gamble" due to the possibility that a judge would refuse it.
By John Wright | News Editor wright@dallasvoice.com
Feb 11, 2010 - 7:38:28 PM
http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_12477.php (http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_12477.php)
Judges now updating driver's licenses for transgender people
Marla Compton has been living full time as a woman for more than two years.
But Compton driver's license and other forms of ID still have an "M" next to "sex" and list the male first name she was given at birth.
Compton said she's reluctant to spend thousands of dollars to hire an attorney and seek what is known as a gender-marker change, which she called a "gamble" due to the possibility that a judge would refuse it.