WHOLESALE CHANGES ARE SOON
COMING TO THE NORTH CAROLINA
DMV.
HOW YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS
MALE OR FEMALE.
HOLDEN KURWICKI
HAS BEEN DIGGING DEEPER INTO
THESE POLICY CHANGES.
HOW JOINS
US LIVE WITH HOW THAT COULD
IMPACT YOU.
Reporter: THESE CHANGES ARE
SIMILAR TO WHAT IS ALREADY BEING
DONE IN WEST VIRGINIA, MISSOURI,
ALASKA, AND TEN OTHER STATES.
AND IT'S ALREADY BEING PRAISED
BY MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNE.
BUT THEY SAY THAT NORTH CAROLINA
SHOULD ALREADY DO MORE.
IT'S FINALLY GREAT TO HEAR
SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR ONCE
ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA.
Reporter: ISSUES AT THE NORTH
CAROLINA DMV HAVE BEEN
WELL-DOCUMENTED.
NOW THEY ARE
MAKING WHOLESALE CHANGES TO MAKE
THINGS EASIER IN THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY.
THE POLICY UPDATE THAT DMV
MADE WILL HELP MAKE IT EASIER
FOR PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA TO
CHANGE THEIR GENDER MARKER.
Reporter: IN THE PAST NORTH
CAROLINA REQUIRED TRANSGENDER
INDIVIDUALS TO SEEK
DOCUMENTATION FROM THEIR SURGEON
THAT THEY HAD UNDERGONE A SEXUAL
TRANSITION.
IT COULD CAUSE HARASSMENT
ISSUES, ANXIETY, A WHOLE HOST OF
THINGS.
Reporter: NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SPOKESMAN JAMIE CRISTER TELLS ME
THAT THE REVISED POLICY WILL
STILL REQUIRE A LICENSED
PROFESSIONAL WITH KNOWLEDGE AND
EXPERTISE TO CERTIFY AN
APPLICATION FOR GENDER
DESIGNATION CHANGE.
BUT THE
PROCESS IS STREAMLINED.
THAT SHOULD SAVE TIME AT THE
DMV AND CUT DOWN ON QUESTIONS
THAT TRANSPEOPLE ARE GETTING
THAT AREN'T PART OF THE PROCESS.
Reporter: MEMBERS OF THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY ARE PRAISING THE
MOVE.
THEY ADMIT IT'S JUST A
SMALL STEP TO ACHIEVE "IN THE
TAR HEEL STATE.
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THINGS
THAT NEED TO CHANGE.
IT COULD BE
ALSO PEOPLE'S POINT OF VIEW.
Reporter: THESE GUIDELINES
ARE SET BY THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE
