By Ruth Schneider, 365gay.com
01.25.2010

A Michigan secretary of state candidate has transgender rights on his agenda – the rollback of transgender rights, that is.

Paul Scott, currently a Republican state representative, said in his announcement of candidacy for the position that he plans to reverse a policy that allows transgender individuals to change their gender on state-issued identification.

“I will make it a priority to ensure transgender individuals will not be allowed to change the sex on their driver’s license in any circumstance,” Scott wrote on his Web site.

According to The Grand Rapids Press, the policy dates to 2005. At that time, Michigan’s American Civil Liberties Union and Transgender Michigan worked jointly with the Secretary of State’s office to ensure transgender individuals can identify their chosen gender on the state’s driver’s licenses and ID cards.

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