Sometimes I read about a new law being passed and I think "What were they thinking? Did they think this through?".
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/oregon-...llow-not-specified-gender-on-drivers-license/
SALEM, Ore. -- In a move hailed by LGBT rights groups, Oregon became the first state in the U.S. on Thursday to allow residents to mark their gender as "not specified" on applications for driver's licenses, learner's permits and identity cards.
Under the new rule approved by the Oregon Transportation Commission, Oregonians who select the new option will have an X appear instead of M or F on those cards. The rule, which takes effect on July 3, is a first for the U.S., David House, spokesman for Oregon's Driver and Motor Vehicles Division, or DMV, told The Associated Press.
"It's fitting that this is before us during Pride Week in Oregon and Pride Month around the country," said Commissioner Sean O'Hollaren. "It's something that we should do because it's the right thing to do."
The DMV said the new rule, which the commission passed unanimously, came about after a Multnomah County judge in June 2016 allowed Jamie Shupe, a Portland resident, to legally change to "non-binary" gender.
"There's a little more truth and justice in the world today," said Hayley Gorenberg, deputy legal director of Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization that advocates for the civil rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people.
Gorenberg said in a statement that when appearances don't appear to match gender markers on ID cards, people "endure insults and psychological trauma that could largely be averted if they had an option to use a gender marker that does not contradict who they are."
Lambda Legal said that nationally, people have been harassed and even assaulted after presenting IDs to police, hospital workers, employers, airport staff, bank tellers and others that don't match their gender identity or expression.
DMV Administrator Tom McClellan choked up as he read letters of support to the commission, including from someone who encountered an embarrassing situation while going through a body scanner at an airport, and the security officer didn't know whether to push the blue button for a male passenger or a pink one for a female one.
House said Oregon is the first state or jurisdiction in the U.S. to create this option, but is not the first on the continent, and that the Canadian province of Ontario implemented the X option earlier this year.
"It's exciting to see Oregon's Department of Motor Vehicles adopt this change. We know gender is a spectrum and some people don't identify as male or female," said Nancy Haque, co-executive director of Basic Rights Oregon, the state's largest nonprofit LGBTQ advocacy group.
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AM I CORRECT IN THE FOLLOWING ASSUMPTIONS?
1. When a woman is pulled over by police she can request that a body search be
performed by a female police officer? Who searches an "X" person?
2. After an "X" is arrested, is "IT" placed in with male or female prisoners?
If I were a police officer, all "X" offenders would be placed in male cells,
that way no innocent person gets pregnant. If someone does get pregnant,
they are guilty of being incredibly stupid.
3. Will future prisons merge male and female inmates?
4. Will officers be "called on the carpet" for asking prisoners what sex they
really are?
5. How much will it cost to have airport body scanners replaced to include
an "X" button?
6. How much will it cost to have all Oregon government documents replaced
with "X" indicators?
7. What confusion will this cause to hospital workers? Will all their paperwork
need to be thrown out in favor of new records being printed? How much
will that cost?
8. If an "X" individual drives to another state, how do police handle the same
situation?
Please add your thoughts on this.
(fair use for comment and educational discussion)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/oregon-...llow-not-specified-gender-on-drivers-license/
SALEM, Ore. -- In a move hailed by LGBT rights groups, Oregon became the first state in the U.S. on Thursday to allow residents to mark their gender as "not specified" on applications for driver's licenses, learner's permits and identity cards.
Under the new rule approved by the Oregon Transportation Commission, Oregonians who select the new option will have an X appear instead of M or F on those cards. The rule, which takes effect on July 3, is a first for the U.S., David House, spokesman for Oregon's Driver and Motor Vehicles Division, or DMV, told The Associated Press.
"It's fitting that this is before us during Pride Week in Oregon and Pride Month around the country," said Commissioner Sean O'Hollaren. "It's something that we should do because it's the right thing to do."
The DMV said the new rule, which the commission passed unanimously, came about after a Multnomah County judge in June 2016 allowed Jamie Shupe, a Portland resident, to legally change to "non-binary" gender.
"There's a little more truth and justice in the world today," said Hayley Gorenberg, deputy legal director of Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization that advocates for the civil rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people.
Gorenberg said in a statement that when appearances don't appear to match gender markers on ID cards, people "endure insults and psychological trauma that could largely be averted if they had an option to use a gender marker that does not contradict who they are."
Lambda Legal said that nationally, people have been harassed and even assaulted after presenting IDs to police, hospital workers, employers, airport staff, bank tellers and others that don't match their gender identity or expression.
DMV Administrator Tom McClellan choked up as he read letters of support to the commission, including from someone who encountered an embarrassing situation while going through a body scanner at an airport, and the security officer didn't know whether to push the blue button for a male passenger or a pink one for a female one.
House said Oregon is the first state or jurisdiction in the U.S. to create this option, but is not the first on the continent, and that the Canadian province of Ontario implemented the X option earlier this year.
"It's exciting to see Oregon's Department of Motor Vehicles adopt this change. We know gender is a spectrum and some people don't identify as male or female," said Nancy Haque, co-executive director of Basic Rights Oregon, the state's largest nonprofit LGBTQ advocacy group.
Go to the above link to read more.
AM I CORRECT IN THE FOLLOWING ASSUMPTIONS?
1. When a woman is pulled over by police she can request that a body search be
performed by a female police officer? Who searches an "X" person?
2. After an "X" is arrested, is "IT" placed in with male or female prisoners?
If I were a police officer, all "X" offenders would be placed in male cells,
that way no innocent person gets pregnant. If someone does get pregnant,
they are guilty of being incredibly stupid.
3. Will future prisons merge male and female inmates?
4. Will officers be "called on the carpet" for asking prisoners what sex they
really are?
5. How much will it cost to have airport body scanners replaced to include
an "X" button?
6. How much will it cost to have all Oregon government documents replaced
with "X" indicators?
7. What confusion will this cause to hospital workers? Will all their paperwork
need to be thrown out in favor of new records being printed? How much
will that cost?
8. If an "X" individual drives to another state, how do police handle the same
situation?
Please add your thoughts on this.
(fair use for comment and educational discussion)