A sample of a Montana driver's license on the MVD website.

A Missoula County District Court ruled that the state’s refusal to issue a driver’s license to a nonbinary minor violates the Montana Constitution and that attorneys for the Montana Attorney General’s Office also misinterpreted state law by refusing the license based on sex.

The ruling by Judge Shane Vannatta said that the a minor, known as “M.B.,” has a birth certificate that says “nonbinary,” but state officials refused to issue a license — forcing M.B., to declare either “male” or “female,” which they refuse.

The judge said the state had the ability to issue a driver’s license to M.B., but instead refused to do so because it wouldn’t accommodate the nonbinary status, therefore discriminating against the minor, solely based on

See Full Page