Texas AG says courts can’t force state agencies to update trans people’s IDs
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stated that transgender individuals cannot change the sex on their driver's licenses and birth certificates, labeling previous court orders as "unlawful" and "void."
- Paxton's opinion means that state agencies must reverse any changes made previously, potentially affecting nearly 100,000 transgender adults in Texas.
- LGBTQ advocates, including Brad Pritchett of Equality Texas, argue that Paxton's opinion threatens the safety of transgender individuals and exceeds legal authority.
- Ash Hall from the ACLU of Texas emphasized that Paxton's opinion cannot override court orders or erase the rights of transgender Texans.
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AG Paxton: District Courts Cannot Order Changes of Biological Sex on Driver’s Licenses
Attorney General Paxton’s order says that state agencies should correct driver’s licenses or birth certificates “unlawfully” altered to conform with a person’s self-identified gender. The post AG Paxton: District Courts Cannot Order Changes of Biological Sex on Driver’s Licenses appeared first on Texas Scorecard.
Paxton goes for broke on trans hate
Texas AG Ken Paxton has apparently declared that court ordered corrections of driver's licenses and birth certificates for transgender people are void. I don’t even know what to say, honestly. While solely in Texas (in this specific case), this appears...
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