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State Attorney General Ken Paxton opinion says state IDs cannot be changed to accommodate transgender Texans
In a written opinion issued Friday, Attorney General Ken Paxton questioned the validity of court orders directing state agencies to change a person’s biological sex on driver’s licenses, birth certificates and other identification documents.
It’s unlawful for transgender people to change the sex on their IDs, Texas AG Ken Paxton says
Paxton, a vocal opponent of LGBTQ rights, issued an opinion Friday declaring court orders to change sex on driver’s licenses and birth certificates "void" and saying altered documents must be changed back.
Texas AG says courts can’t force state agencies to update trans people’s IDs
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton declared Friday that state court orders to change the sex markers on Texas birth certificates, driver’s licenses and other state-issued IDs are no longer valid.
Paxton says trans Texans can’t use court orders to change sex on driver’s licenses, birth certificates
Per the attorney general’s nonbinding opinion, state agencies should change gender markers on government documents back to a person’s sex assigned at birth.
Ken Paxton says it's illegal for transgender Texans to change sex on driver's license
Eight months after ordering the Texas Department of Public Safety and Department of State Health Services to block transgender Texans from changing the sex on their driver's license to match their gender identity,

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Tarrant sheriff blames clerical error for failure to report jail death to Texas AG
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