The process is handled just as changing a gender marker from M to F or F to M. They must ask the PennDOT staff member assisting them for the marker, and the staff member will then call PennDOT’s central office to proceed with the manual override.
The ‘X’ marker is currently available for individuals when they visit a PennDOT Driver and Photo Center. We sincerely appreciate PennDOT’s policy shop and administrators in the agency for their leadership! We thank the National Center for Transgender Equality for their support behind the scenes with technical information. We first proposed gender-neutral gender markers to the Governor’s LGBTQ Workgroup in 2017, and advocated for its adoption through meeting with PennDOT and other members of the Governor’s administration. PYC is proud to have helped successfully advance this effort over several years. Gender-neutral markers are now here for Pennsylvania driver’s licenses and photo ID cards! This is an important step toward inclusion and the greater safety of non-binary and gender expansive Pennsylvanians.
