Texas bars transgender people from changing sex on driver’s licenses

Texas is barring transgender people from changing the sex on their driver’s licenses or state-issued IDs to reflect their gender identity.

The state will no longer allow Texans to change the sex on their licenses unless it is to fix a clerical error, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety memo leaked this week to NPR affiliate KUT. The department confirmed the policy in an email Wednesday night to The Dallas Morning News.