Signatures 212 total
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
-
11
Name: Lee Anne Ward on Jan 18, 2008Comments: Having had my marker changed some years back, I can tell you that it makes a big difference in how that person is accepted. Thanks for your consideration of changing the policy to allow for legitimate requests!Flag
- 12
- 13
-
14
Name: Anonymous on Jan 18, 2008Comments: yes,this state as well as all of the states need to stop their prejudiced ways against the transgender people and they are the ones living in the misery of hiding who they really are,we are not hiding who we are.Flag
-
15
Name: M. R. "Moxie" Stoermer on Jan 18, 2008Comments: This is a very necessary change--while Gender Dysphoria is a very real condition costs and prohibitions on insurance really prevent anyone except those with disposable income from surgury. Furthermore gender exists on a continuum and for those of us with a blurred sense of gender--no marker would also be desirable Sincerely, MoxieFlag
- 16
- 17
-
18
Name: Kyra Woods on Jan 18, 2008Comments: I believe that a person should be simply accepted as themselves without regard for their past. Accept a person for who they are not whom they were!Flag
-
19
Name: Kaitlin Jones on Jan 18, 2008Comments: If the US claims to fight violence actively, they should stand by their word and make the proper changes in social norms in order to prevent transsexual abuse. By creating steps that require transsexuals to live as their true gender for a year prior to surgery, but not allowing their license to say such, the DMV is contributing their own methods of transsexual discrimination. Those who wish not to have or cannot afford the surgery should also not be subject to seemingly living a lie simply because they cannot or would prefer not to take the ONLY steps that would allow them to change their sex legally. Transsexuals should not be told that they are not who they are just because surgery is not an option. Everyone should have the right to be exactly who they are without regulation by the DMV or any government agency.Flag
-
20
Name: Kristen Abbott on Jan 18, 2008Comments: This is very discriminitory. I bet illegals don't have to show proof that they are US citizens before applying fo a license or ID. Do you dislike transgendered people that much. In the state of arizona you have to have a statement from a doctor stating that you are in a treatment program and behond the point of reversal. That's all. I have my license change to reflect that I am female, as well as my SS # and my VA records. Oh, some of us, such as I because of Agent Orange exposure can't have the operation. I guess a woman who can't give birth isn't a real woman, so I guess you don't give them licenses either.Flag
- 21
- 22
-
23
Name: Buffy McGregor on Jan 19, 2008Comments: It is so important for the aforementioned reasons that this petition be radified It would enable a person w/ a GID to ,in some cases ,access the SRS surgery itself as some surgeons require such identity papers as part of the filing process and as mentioned before it would provide a safety measure to the person involved. It is frustrating , confusing and dangerous to present as a given gender w/o supporting identity papers.Flag
-
24
Name: Lynn Johns on Jan 19, 2008Comments: to be accepted in the work place as well as in every day life is so important to us women. To be able to show that we are truly women, on our drivers license, and can show our employer we are women, makes us feel that we can go anywhere and not have to be concerned that we will not be hired for a job because the wemployer does not think their business will not accept us for employment, just because we were not technically born a woman , we are and alwys have been a female, in our hearts and our minds as well as our bodiesFlag
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
-
30
Name: Kelley on Jan 20, 2008Comments: i can see where some people would be worried about it being abused or something like that. but this is real and it is important. mayhaps an agreement could be worked out so pre-ops and/or non-ops could have two IDs that were linked on a closed system, one for each way they dress. that way there would still be a record for them no matter what, but they could also be free to portray themselves however they like and be able to get away with it... i don't know exactly how it would work, but i'm sure theres a way to do it.Flag
-
31
Name: Helen Boyd on Jan 20, 2008Comments: Requiring surgery is economically and medically discriminatory - please remove it as a condition of gender market change.Flag
- 32
- 33
-
34
Name: Melissa Contreras on Jan 20, 2008Comments: This is grossly unfair and flies in the face of human rights and dignity. Please change it.Flag
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
-
40
Name: Linnea Gutierrez on Jan 21, 2008Comments: I am directly affected by this repressive policy. I agree that my gender marker should match my presentation.Flag
-
41
Name: Gerri Cannon on Jan 21, 2008Comments: This is much needed! 21 States across the country already provide this support for transgender people while they are in transition.Flag
- 42
-
43
Name: Grace Annam on Jan 21, 2008Comments: Unless you're going to make someone strip, requiring genital surgery prior to changing the marker is pointless on a piece of identification. Any person can be altered to appear to be the opposite gender, and then there's no point in having a marker on the identification which says what your genitals might look like.Flag
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
-
50
Name: Amiee Jacobsen on Jan 21, 2008Comments: A lot of people might not be able to afford, or possibly not even be healthy enough to undergo such a surgery, but that doesn't change how they identify and function in society. The surgery shouldn't be a requirement for anyone who has been medically diagnosed with GID and is living full-time as their desired gender.Flag