"The state of Indiana just banned trans people from updating the gender markers on their driver's licenses. Advocate reports that the state's Bureau of Motor Vehicles added a small statement to its website on Monday saying that it will no longer allow people to change their gender on state IDs, even if they have a court order. The notice can be found by clicking through several webpages on the state's BMV website:"
"Indiana has been rolling back transgender people's rights for the past few years. In 2014, trans people were allowed to update the gender marker on their birth certificates with a court order. In March 2025, Gov. Mike Braun (R) signed an executive order banning the practice. The ACLU sued to stop the executive order. In January 2020, the Indiana BMV stopped allowing people to choose an "X" gender marker on their driver's licenses, after about a year of allowing it."
Indiana's Bureau of Motor Vehicles announced that, effective Feb. 12, 2026, customers will no longer be able to change the gender on Indiana credentials using a court-ordered gender change or physician statement under Amended Rule 140 Indiana Administrative Code section 7-1.1-3. The notice appears on the BMV website. The state previously allowed birth-certificate gender updates with a court order in 2014, but Gov. Mike Braun issued an executive order in March 2025 banning that practice, prompting an ACLU lawsuit. The BMV removed an "X" gender marker option in January 2020 after about a year of allowing it. The state has also enacted bans on gender-affirming care for minors and expanded transgender sports bans to include colleges.
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