Show-Me Surgery Proof For Trans ID

A serious snip is required to switch out genders on Missouri licenses.

Check the requirements that steps up the stakes for any formalized switcheroo . . . Check-it:

Previously, Missouri required doctor approval, but not surgery, to change the gender listed on state-issued identification.

Missouri’s Revenue Department on Monday did not comment on what prompted the change but explained the new rules in a statement provided to The Associated Press.

“Customers are required to provide either medical documentation that they have undergone gender reassignment surgery, or a court order declaring gender designation to obtain a driver license or nondriver ID card denoting gender other than their biological gender assigned at birth,” spokesperson Anne Marie Moy said in the statement.

LGBTQ+ rights advocacy group PROMO on Monday criticized the policy shift as having been done “secretly.”

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Missouri now requires proof of surgery or court order for gender changes on IDs

Missouri residents now will need proof of surgery or a court order to change their gender on driver's licenses.