gender marker

Legislation that would have restricted birth certificate gender marker changes failed the Indiana General Assembly this year.

The rule, effective Feb. 12, will end a longstanding legal option for transgender and gender diverse residents to modify their identification cards through a physician statement or court order.

Indiana officials are considering a rule that would end the ability to change gender markers on state IDs to comply with an executive order issued by Gov. Mike Braun.

Transgender advocates have filed a public records request for correspondence between the governor's office and Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. They want more information about the decision to hold a second public hearing on a proposed ban on gender changes to state driver's licenses.

The public currently has a chance to weigh in on a proposed rule by the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles to ban people from changing the gender marker on their driver's license.

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles will not have to provide a nonbinary gender marker on state IDs and drivers licenses under an Indiana Court of Appeals ruling.