8/15/09

Texas Driver License Gender Marker Change

Transitioning visibly in Texas.

Going 'full time' and competing a year long 'real life experience' as required by some surgeons before surgically correcting your genitalia to properly reflect your gender (SRS) is nearly impossible without your driver licence first being corrected to indicate your proper gender.

The proper gender marker allowed me the peace of mind to use the correct restroom which despite my anxiety and preconceptions turned out to be a true blessing.

I changed my name and gender marker in 2007. I did this in Fort Worth which is in Tarrant County. I needed to be a resident of Tarrant county and have a letter from my therapist and a supporting letter from my endocrinologist stating I was on HRT.

I retained a lawyer for my change. I have since successfully walked another MTF threw this painless process.

I have friends in Austin and Houston who have had similar experiences. I have friends who reside outside those counties who have been allowed the name change but denied the gender marker change.

It is imperative to do it right the first time. I have heard people say that second attempts to change there gender marker after a name change meant meeting additional requirements.

What a person was born with between their legs is a sexual organ. You were born with a gender identity that can not be surgically operated on and needs to be the focus during your driver license gender marker change.

If you would like help or if you have questions please feel free to email me and I will try to give you helpful advice and contact names.

Good luck,
Kelli Anne Busey
Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies (DTAA)
kelli@yahoo.com

5 comments:

Beat The Chip said...

I know transgenders in Austin who feel very strongly about this - I can e-mail you an interview. I think this is a very important issue and it will change the lives of many. Indentity is very very personal.

planet trans said...

Beat The Chip, please do email the article. Thanks, kelli

Anonymous said...

my husband is FTM and we feel abandoned by the GLBT community because of his choice to tranistion. We are trying to raise the money for his top surgery because apparently in San Antonio you have to have that and thats been impossible for us to do. We have set up an online funraising site but no luck with that and no luck with family support either. He is disabled and we are ona fixed income with 4 kids so this process has been stressful. http://www.giveforward.org/selfmademan/ Feel free to pass the link on

planet trans said...

Brandy my very best wishes to you and your husband. Some of my best friends are FTM. Binding is the worst.

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