Ohio BMV Scraps Gender Change Form for Transgender Ohioans

Ohio abruptly blocks transgender people from changing gender markers on IDs

The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles will no longer change the gender marker on a driver’s license or state identification card at the holder’s request.Instead, transgender people seeking to change the gender marker on their license or ID to match their identity must first update the marker on their birth certificate, according to the Toledo Blade.Ohio BMV spokesman Lindsey Bohrer told the newspaper that the change was required by language in the b…

Ohio BMV scraps gender change form for transgender Ohioans

The Ohio BMV no longer accepts a form allowing transgender Ohioans to change the gender on their driver's license or state ID.

“Intentional harm”: Ohio quietly makes it harder for trans people to obtain accurate IDs

LGBTQ+ advocacy groups are outraged after Ohio’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) abruptly stopped accepting the official form long used by trans people in the state to update the gender marker on their IDs. Equality Ohio and TransOhio told The Toledo Blade that the change occurred without any public announcement or transition period and that the BMV now allows gender marker changes only if people can provide an updated birth certificate or passpo…

Ohio BMV changes gender marker rules

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles will now only accept an updated birth certificate or passport as proof of gender marker change. Advocates say this will create barriers for transgender Ohioans. For years, the BMV accepted a professionally certified declaration of gender change form — that is no longer the case. [...]

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.