Post by Logan on Jun 22, 2016 7:11:54 GMT -6
Oregon DMV says it can't issue license to nonbinary person
An Oregon judge decided this month that a person can legally identify as neither sex, but the Oregon DMV will need months — maybe years — before it can issue a driver's license with a nonbinary sex designation, according to a spokesman.
The Multnomah County Circuit Court ruling "blindsided" the DMV, said spokesman David House. "We have a process for going from male to female or female to male. We’ve never had anything else before," House said.
State law allows a court to legally change a person's sex if they've undergone sexual reassignment surgery or hormonal treatments. But state law doesn't limit gender designation to male or female.
The petitioner for the ruling is 52-year-old Jamie Shupe of Portland. Shupe was born with male anatomy and is a retired U.S. Army sergeant. Shupe fought to get military discharge papers as female and later transitioned into a woman with the aid of hormones, according to The New York Times.
Read more: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/21/ore-dmv-says-cant-issue-license-nonbinary-person/86183112/
An Oregon judge decided this month that a person can legally identify as neither sex, but the Oregon DMV will need months — maybe years — before it can issue a driver's license with a nonbinary sex designation, according to a spokesman.
The Multnomah County Circuit Court ruling "blindsided" the DMV, said spokesman David House. "We have a process for going from male to female or female to male. We’ve never had anything else before," House said.
State law allows a court to legally change a person's sex if they've undergone sexual reassignment surgery or hormonal treatments. But state law doesn't limit gender designation to male or female.
The petitioner for the ruling is 52-year-old Jamie Shupe of Portland. Shupe was born with male anatomy and is a retired U.S. Army sergeant. Shupe fought to get military discharge papers as female and later transitioned into a woman with the aid of hormones, according to The New York Times.
Read more: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/21/ore-dmv-says-cant-issue-license-nonbinary-person/86183112/