FL Bans Gender Changes On State IDs, Drawing Criticism: Reports

A Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles memo sent Friday to county tax collectors stated a current policy allowing the change has been rescinded, per USA Today and Miami New Times. Florida law previously granted transgender residents the opportunity to submit either a court order for a name change or a signed official statement from a physician detailing the person is undergoing treatment for gender transition, per the National Center for Transgender Equality. "Permitting an individual to alter his or her license to reflect an internal sense of...