From the Doctor to the DMV: Trans People Rush to Change IDs Under Trump

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Kris Gambardella rushed to update the "gender marker" on his driver's license after Donald Trump was elected. Photo by Marissa Ortega-Welch, KALW/Crosscurrents

By Marissa Ortega-Welch, KALW/Crosscurrents

Kris Gambardella is visiting the doctor  in order to get a new driver’s license. Kris is 26 and does social work in San Francisco. Like a lot of transgender people, he has yet to legally change his name and what’s called the “gender marker” on his legal documents.

“I am not a fan of paperwork and reading through all the legal jargon,” he says. So he’s been procrastinating.

Also like a lot of trans people, he’s now scrambling to get it done in case the process becomes harder — or even impossible — under President Trump.

Read the complete story at KALW/Crosscurrents.

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