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| Region | Florida |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | Jan 26, 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The Florida DMV made a change requiring sex at birth to be the determiner for the gender marker on Florida Driver's Licenses. Deputy Director issued a memo saying allowing someone to change their gender "undermines the purpose of an identification record and can frustrate the state's ability to enforce its laws." The rule also makes holding a Florida drivers license with a gender marker differing to that of the sex assigned at birtth a potential cause for criminal prosecution and loss of their license. |
| Sources | https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2024/01/30/florida-transgender-id-drivers-license-ban https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4438514-florida-bars-transgender-residents-from-changing-gender-on-drivers-licenses/ |
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| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | Jan 26, 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The Florida DMV made a change requiring sex at birth to be the determiner for the gender marker on Florida Driver's Licenses. Deputy Director issued a memo saying allowing someone to change their gender "undermines the purpose of an identification record and can frustrate the state's ability to enforce its laws." The rule also makes holding a Florida drivers license with a gender marker differing to that of the sex assigned at birtth a potential cause for criminal prosecution and loss of their license. |
| Sources | https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2024/01/30/florida-transgender-id-drivers-license-ban https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4438514-florida-bars-transgender-residents-from-changing-gender-on-drivers-licenses/ |