Driver's License

Note: Some states are beginning to link their Department of Motor Vehicles records with Social Security records. You may need to get your Social Security card changed before your driver's license in some states.

Please note that changing your drivers license is not a substitute for a Court Order for name change. You need to get your name changed legally in court and your birth certificate changed (where available) in in court based on your state's requirements. Failure to do so may mean you are not legally considered your new sex, which can lead to legal problems later (especially if you wish to get married).

The following is courtesy of Natalie G.

You will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader (it's free) to get some of these pages. Also, beware that most states actually sell the information they have on you!!! Fortunately, you can fill out a form to prevent them from doing this with yours. I have not had enough time to document those websites here, but I'll get to it... Also, just because you see a link here doesn't mean that the information is extensive. Some of these sites are not yet complete. In fact, there are several states that provide no information whatsoever on this subject. The main purpose here is to present you with the best that's available.
 

Alabama Kentucky North Dakota
Alaska (site2) Louisiana Ohio
Arizona Maryland (site2) (form) Oklahoma
Arkansas (site2) Maine Oregon
California Massachusetts (site2) (form) Pennsylvania (form)
Colorado - see below Michigan Rhode Island
Connecticut (form) Minnesota (site2) South Carolina
Delaware Missouri South Dakota
District of Columbia Mississippi Tennessee
Florida (site2) Montana Texas (site2) (site3)
Georgia Nebraska Utah
Hawaii Nevada Vermont
Idaho New Hampshire Virginia
Illinois (site2) New Jersey Washington
Indiana New Mexico West Virginia
Iowa New York Wisconsin
Kansas North Carolina Wyoming

Colorado Driver's License:

To do this, you must go to the DMV and request form "DR 2083" (the title on the top of the form is "Medical Information Authorization (Change of Sex Identification)"). This form is NOT available online and an associate at the DMV cannot just hand you the form. You have to bring your Colorado ID because they track who gets these forms.

You can have your ID changed pre-op or post-op. The text on the form where this is made clear reads "Based on the patient's gender identity and full time gender role expression, or on prior completion of medical sex reassignment, my professional opinion is that the person's gender is: __ Male __ Female."

On the back of the form, it reads the following:

Instructions for Applications
1. If you previously had your sex designation changed on your Colorado driver's licence or identification card, using a letter from your physician or mental health care provider, you are grandfathered and no further action is necessary to maintain your current sex designation.
2. You must request an original form DR 2083, Medical Information Authorization for Change of Sex Designation, in person at a Colorado DMV office. Copies or facsimiles of form DR 2083 will not be accepted. Legibly print your name, the number from your current driver's license or identification card, the date, your address and your previous name, if changing your name concurrently. Please sign and date the form, authorizing your physician to provide medical information in support of your application.
3. Form DR 2083 must be completed and signed by a Colorado licenced physician. He or she should state your gender on the basis of your gender identity and full time gender role expression or on prior completion of medical sex reassignment. Medical information provided to the DMV will be held in strictest confidence per Colorado Revised Statute 42-2-121 and the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act, section 2721.
4. Bring the completed form DR 2083 to a DMV ofice with your current driver's licence or identification card and renewal fee. A new photo will be taken, and you will be issued a temporary driver's licence or identification document and asked to review it for correctness. Your new driver's licence or ID card will be mailed to you.

Instructions for Physicians
1. Form DR 2083 authorizes you to provide medical information in support of application for change of sex designation on a Colorado driver's licence or identification card. You must be a medical doctor licenced in the state of Colorado.
2. Please complete and sign the form, and include your Colorado medical licence number. Based on your professional [judgement], the patient's gender identity, his/her full time gender role expression, or on prior completion of medical sex reassignment, state your patient's gender, as it should appear on his/her driver's licence or ID card.
3. Return the completed form to your patient.

Please contact the Gender Identity Center of Colorado, info@gicofcolo.org  303-202-6466 for assistance changing a Driver's License.