Trans Woman Fights to Change Virginia DMV Policy

Neal Broverman

Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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April 11 2012 8:25 PM EST

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Lori Wright is drafting her own bill to change Virginia's anti-transgender DMV policy, with the hope that a member of the state assembly will sponsor it.

Wright, a transgender woman, wants to rescind Virginia's policy of requiring proof of gender reassignment surgery to change the sex listed on a driver's license. Many transgender advocates says this policy hurts those who are transitioning or whose appearance is androgynous.

"This one targeted population has to jump through a multitude of hoops, and pay enormous amounts of money just to have an 'F' on our driver's license, and this is bogus," Wright told the local media.

Wright says that if a legislator doesn't sponsor her bill to change the policy, she'll seek assistance through the American Civil Liberties Union.