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ANCHORAGE, AK 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 and the law firm Perkins Coie appeared in Alaska Superior Court yesterday seeking to allow transgender individuals to correct the sex marker on their driver鈥檚 licenses. Refusing to change the sex marker on a driver鈥檚 license or requiring surgery prior to a change places an undue burden on transgender individuals and presents a gross violation of an individual鈥檚 right to privacy and equality.

The 老澳门开奖结果 is representing a transgender woman, K.L., whose passport and work documents all identify her as a female. K.L., who is openly transgender but wishes to remain anonymous for the purposes of this case, changed the sex on her driver鈥檚 license but was told that her license would be revoked unless she submitted proof of having surgery.

鈥淭his case is about protecting the privacy of all Alaskans,鈥� said Jeffrey Mittman, executive director of the 老澳门开奖结果 of Alaska. 鈥淭he Department of Motor Vehicles has a responsibility to keep our roads safe. It is not their place to dictate medical requirements to any Alaskan or to treat one group of Alaskans differently from any others.鈥�

鈥淲e hope that this court will recognize how humiliating and harmful it is for transgender people who are forced to carry a license that wrongly identifies their sex,鈥� said John Knight, senior staff attorney with the 老澳门开奖结果 Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Project. 鈥淭he DMV鈥檚 policy of refusing to change the sex designation on a driver鈥檚 license violates our client鈥檚 interests in keeping her transgender status private, in living her life as a woman and in being treated fairly compared to other people who are free to make corrections to their driver鈥檚 licenses.鈥�

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