Long shot. Do we have any Texan MNers or US MNers who can untangle this?
Has Texas stopped people from changing their sex on their licence, or is this more a pause, while the policy is changed?
Could be useful to watch for those of us interested in repealing the GRA. Especially how they manage those with falsified documents. But the stopping of further falsification is interesting as it shows the law can change. And then you need to have a way back to reality while managing those with documents already issued.
Some links on this, trying to put it all together:
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/08/21/transgender-texas-dps-license-policy-change-cannot-change-sex-drivers-licenses/74889935007/
dallasvoice.com/breaking-news-dps-enacts-policy-refusing-court-ordered-gender-marker-changes-will-create-database-of-marker-change-requests/
"The policy change follows an earlier request from Texas Attorney General that DPS provide his office with records from individuals who had had gender markers corrected on their license or ID. At the time, because DPS was not able to differentiate between changes based on a court order and those made to correct clerical errors, the agency was not able to provide Paxton with the information he wanted.
This new policy appears to be implemented to create the database Paxton asked for.
The email, which has been verified by an attorney, was dated Aug. 20. It ordered that “Effective immediately, the Department will not accept court orders or amended birth certificates issued that change the sex when it differs from the documentation already on file.”
The email, signed by Driver License Division Sheri Gipson, notes that “the validity of such documents is currently under review by Office of the Director to ensure that all state and federal guidelines are being met. For current DL/ID holders, the sex established at the time of original application and listed in the driver record will not be changed unless there was a clerical error. The sex will reflect the sex listed on the primary document presented upon original application that is already on file.”"