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Russia lists transgender people among those unfit to drive
New Russian road safety regulations bar transgender and transsexual people and others the government classifies as suffering for sexual and mental “disorders” from driving.
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S.C. says marriage rulings make gay couple’s name change lawsuit moot
South Carolina officials say a lawsuit against the Department of Motor Vehicles is moot now that gay couples can marry.
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Couple files lawsuit after Florida cancels driver’s licenses over name change
ORLANDO, Fla. — Two Central Florida men whose driver’s licenses were cancelled because they changed their names using their out-of-state marriage license, have filed a lawsuit against the state of Florida, seeking to have their legal marriage recognized by the state.
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Married, gay couple told they’ll lose their drivers’ licenses over name change
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida couple who used their New York marriage license to change their names on their Florida drivers’ licenses have been notified by the state Department of Motor Vehicles warning them that they are both in danger of losing their licenses.
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Woman sues to use wife’s name on South Carolina driver’s license
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A woman who says South Carolina officials refused to let her use her wife’s family name on her driver’s license has filed a federal lawsuit, another in a string of recent cases challenging the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
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Houston mayor: ‘two moms’ caused daughter’s driver’s license woes
HOUSTON — Houston Mayor Annise Parker says her daughter faced difficulty in getting a Texas driver’s license because she listed two mothers as her parents on her application.
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Texas woman in same-sex marriage denied driver’s license
KATY, Texas — A Houston-area resident who recently relocated to Texas has been refused a driver’s license because her last name was changed following her same-sex marriage. The Texas Observer reports that Connie Wilson, who married her partner of nine years in California last year, took her wife’s last name, Wilson, which now appears on both her…
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Transgender rights group sues S.C. over teen’s driver’s license photo
COLUMBIA, S.C. — An organization that supports transgender rights has filed a lawsuit against the state of South Carolina after it refused to issue a driver’s license to a 16-year-old gender non-conforming teen unless he took off his makeup. The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund filed the lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday on behalf of Chase Culpepper…
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W.Va. DMV tells transgender women they must appear as male in license photos
Two transgender women in West Virginia say they were harassed and humiliated by Department of Motor Vehicle workers who refused to take their pictures as they appear on a daily basis. In two separate incidents this year, Kristen Skinner, 45, of Ranson, W.Va., and Trudy Kitzmiller, 52, from Mount Storm, W.Va., both claim they were told by DMV workers …
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S.C. DMV: Gender non-conforming teen can’t take license photo in makeup
ANDERSON, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles says a gender non-conforming teen who dresses as a girl may not have his driver’s license photo retaken wearing makeup. The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund is requesting that 16-year-old Chase Culpepper be allowed to have a new photo dressed as he normally does.