Bill adding third gender choice for licenses, IDs nears passage

[Right_in_Virginia]

Bill adding third gender choice for licenses, IDs nears passage
Boston Herald, Jun 29, 2018, Brian Dowling

A bill directing the Registry of Motor Vehicles to let people choose “X” for a gender instead of male or female passed the Senate nearly unanimously and could bring the change to state-issued IDs as soon as November.

The option — already available in Oregon, California, Maine and Washington, D.C. — addresses concerns by people who don’t identify as solely male or female and consider themselves non-binary, meaning neither one nor the other gender.

While the bill flew through the Senate and headed to the House, the RMV said it is already in the process of adding the third gender option.

“The Registry of Motor Vehicles’ new ATLAS system will be able to offer customers the option of selecting a ‘non-binary’ marker and the Registry will phase in the new marker after the initial rollout when the system is fully implemented,” MassDOT spokeswoman Jacquelyn Goddard said in a statement.

A spokeswoman said Gov. Charlie Baker will review the bill if it makes it to his desk.

The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Karen Spilka, said she filed the measure after a constituent wrote about the stress of having to choose a gender for a driver’s license.


More:  http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_politics/2018/06/bill_adding_third_gender_choice_for_licenses_ids_nears_passage

[Right_in_Virginia]

The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Karen Spilka, said she filed the measure after a constituent wrote about the stress of having to choose a gender for a driver’s license.

Seriously?   

[mountaineer]

a constituent wrote about the stress of having to choose a gender for a driver’s license.

Psst, whackjob constituent:  You don't have to choose a gender. God already did it for you.

[Oceander]