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DMV Allows Transgender Alaskans To Change Sex Identification Without Surgery | Starting August 11, transgender citizens in Alaska will be able to more easily change their sex identifier on state ID cards. The Department of Motor Vehicles in Alaska will now allow residents to change the sex listed on ID cards with certification from a “licensed physician, social worker, psychologist, professional counselor, physicians assistant or certified nurse practitioner,” showing that the individual has been undergoing permanent treatment to change their sex. Previously, transgender people in Alaska had to submit proof that they had undergone certain surgeries to change their sex, but in March, the state Superior Court ruled that mandating proof of surgery was an unconstitutional invasion of privacy.
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