Texas bars transgender people from changing the sex on their driver's licenses

Transgender Texans will no longer be able to change the gender listed on their driver’s licenses, according to an email a top Department of Public Safety official sent to employees on Tuesday. Under the new policy, drivers-license holders are barred from changing the sex on their current IDs unless they request the alteration due to a clerical error, Sheri Gipson, head of DPS's Driver License Division, said in a copy of the email obtained by the Current. The rule update became effective Tuesday.