Ohio DMV Stops Accepting Gender Change Form

Ohio DMV Stops Accepting Gender Change Form

The Toledo Blade reports: The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles has stopped accepting the professionally-certified form that transgender Ohioans have long used to update the gender marker on their driver’s license or state ID, representatives of LGBTQ advocacy groups said Tuesday. According to Equality Ohio and TransOhio, the Ohio BMV will now only accept an updated birth certificate as proof of gender change. They said the policy shift was made wit…

Ohio BMV no longer accepting gender change form, LGBTQ advocates say

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles has stopped accepting the professionally-certified form that transgender Ohioans have long used to update the gender marker on their driver’s license or state ID, representatives of LGBTQ advocacy groups said Tuesday.