The petition
The current policy of the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles now states that a person diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria who is undergoing treatment by transition must have Sexual Reassignment Surgery before they can change gender markers on their driver's licenses to reflect the new gender. No regard has been shown for the danger or effectiveness for many of the surgeries, nor does there seem to be any particular surgery out of the many available specified. Due to the extreme cost of the procedures many individuals cannot afford the surgery/surgeries for an extended number of years and/or may not elect to have any for medical reasons; thus pre-operative persons are subjected to humiliating discrimination, abuse, loss/rejection of employment, rejection of housing and hate crimes when faced with presenting a picture identification with a marker of the gender they are transitioning from; in consequence the state may be losing revenue in extraneous law enforcement, unemployment compensation and lost productivity.
THEREFORE: This petition is submitted to the Maine BMV requesting that the current policy be changed to reflect the following: That a marker change may be issued when the specific criteria of medical treatment prior to surgery has been met, and indicated when the issuing clerk is presented with a letter from a certified therapist or medical professional, stating the person in question as being diagnosed and treated for GID and who's intent is to transition from one gender to the opposite. When presented with this letter the clerk shall issue a gender marker on the driver's license or picture ID of the projected ending gender as stated on the presented document.
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