by Kilian Melloy
EDGE Staff Reporter
Monday Aug 17, 2009
Anti-GLBT groups rail against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered people on the basis of nebulous things like morality or religious faith--things that can mean different things to different people.
But when policy and law are enacted on the basis of such things, they can have concrete results in the real world; for GLBTs, that can mean practical challenges not faced by others.
Take something as commonplace, and yet--for many people--as essential as a driver’s license.
In some states, such as Massachusetts, a doctor’s note testifying to a change in gender can suffice to get a transperson’s gender listing on a license changed to his or her new sex.
But in other cases, it can be much harder, as an Aug. 17 report at Ohama’s KETV Channel 7 news reported.
The report detailed how pre-operative transwoman Posha Towers was having a hard time getting her license updated.
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