Arkansas ends gender-neutral policy for driver's licenses and IDs
Source: CNN
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Arkansas will no longer allow residents to use "X" instead of male or female on state-issued driver's licenses or identification cards, officials announced under new rules. Al Drago/Pool/AP
By Shirin Faqiri
Published 6:19 PM EDT, Wed March 13, 2024
The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration rescinded a policy Tuesday that allowed state drivers license and ID holders to electively change their gender without any verifiable information or use the gender-neutral X in place of gender. The ACLU of Arkansas said in a statement that policy changes like these threaten the safety and dignity of the states transgender, intersex and non-binary communities.
The policy revision, which took effect immediately, mandates that license and ID holders must display a gender of male or female, as indicated on an original or amended birth certificate, according to a news release announcing the decision.
Arkansas licenses and IDs that currently have an X will remain valid until their next renewal, when they will change to reflect the gender on their owners birth certificate, according to the DFA.
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders sought to cast the policy change as common sense in a statement included in the news release, and she reiterated her belief that there are only two genders.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/us/arkansas-ends-gender-neutral-licenses-reaj/index.html
CurtEastPoint
(18,694 posts)sakabatou
(42,236 posts)rpannier
(24,355 posts)Sarah and common sense are polar opposites
LudwigPastorius
(9,325 posts)Last edited Thu Mar 14, 2024, 01:07 AM - Edit history (1)
in between buying $19,000 lecterns.
Just look at that walleye!
The trout is nice, too.
ecstatic
(32,834 posts)Is the "X" option in all the other states? If not, how did it come to be an option in Arkansas to begin with?
And why are rethugs spending so much time and energy turning over stuff that most people weren't even aware of?
sinkingfeeling
(51,516 posts)Arkansas rolled out its gender policy quietly in 2010. "Our official policy is to allow a licensee to change their gender as requested, no questions asked, no documentation required." -former Assistant Commissioner of Operations and Administration Mike Munns.
Maraya1969
(22,541 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,403 posts)for the monster in that picture.
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