It doesn’t seem possible, but it is true. Being trans in Texas is likely about to get even worse.
According to the queer friendly, and LGBT owned, outlet INTO, transgender Texans could face losing their ID entirely in the near future. The below is a quote from the article they posted a couple of days ago.
Texas has taken a bold new step in making life difficult, and ultimately dangerous, for trans people. As in many states, changing your name and gender marker on a driver’s license was a complicated process. However, in August Texas decided to make it impossible. Now, they’re going further and exploring options to retroactively undo previous gender marker corrections for trans people.
I can not stress how very happy I am to no longer be living in Texas. For those who are unaware, I left Texas over a decade ago, a couple of years after I transitioned. It was already a bit uncomfortable living there as a trans woman. I was newly transitioned.
I didn’t have much confidence in myself, and honestly, a bad relationship had severely damaged my self-esteem. But fear of Texas was not the utmost reason for my departure. Other issues, irrelevant to this post, contributed to that decision.
Oppression of trans people in Texas has dramatically worsened since I left. Honestly, it is to the point that I will no longer consider setting foot there. I have numerous friends, and all my remaining close family, who reside there. I miss them all deeply. For the first time since leaving, I have the means to maybe return for a visit.
I had already come to the decision that I would not return to Texas. It’s as unsafe at this point as Florida. No, there are no “Do Not Travel” warnings yet, to my knowledge, for Texas. I’ve made that decision for myself. And it is honestly heartbreaking.
My journey continues, but it will not include Texas.
An Aging Trans Woman 
I’m sorry; it is sad to see such regression in a place that was your home.
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Thank you Ali. It is sad. And terrifying.
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Hi Janet. It shocks me the drive to return to the 1950s that some reds states have. Why they can not live and let live is something I don’t understand. But they seem to take serious offense that others have the right to live their lives in a manner different from them, straight cis white people. This drive to control the lives of others, of people they will never meet in real life. I don’t understand also the hate it takes to drive such bigotry or desire to erase others different from them. I am glad you left for a place you can be yourself, it is wonderful you are living as the person you are. Hugs. Scottie
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Thanks Scottie. TBH, I lived as myself for a couple of years before I left Texas. It was nerve wracking, even back in 2012. I cannot imagine being trans in Texas now.
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Hi Janet. I remember what it was like as a targeted gay teen in a conservative area in the 1970s. I can not imagine how terrifying it would be for a LGBTQ+ teen in a red state like Texas now. With the very state government continually calling you the most horrible names and trying to outlaw your very existence including any representation of people like us in media. It must be a horrible feeling even worse than when Anita Bryant was making life for me more miserable than it already was. Again I am glad you are able to live as who you are. I found that when I first started living as an open gay man it was a struggle in the 1980s. I had old men refuse to use the locker room if I was in there, I was assaulted at work several times, denied promotion even when the bosses admitted I was the most qualified but no man was going to follow orders of a gay guy, and flat out fired or denied jobs. But I refused to go back in the closet and I lived to see a time when not only were LGBTQ+ adults accepted but LGBTQ+ kids were also plus given support at school. Sad to see the drive by the fanatic religious sect driving the clock back to 1950 with the blessing of the Republican Party. Hugs.
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The unconscionable desire on the right to go back to the 50s (is that 1950s or 1850s?) is horrifying. And terrifying. And I’m an adult. My heart breaks for any LGBTQ+ teen trying to exist in Texas, or any red state, now. 🫂
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