Washington Takes Deep Breath, Relaxes Transgender ID Rules

In fairness to the Seattle Times, whose stodginess makes us crazy at times, we want to quote the first bit of this unstodgy story on the state making it easier to change your gender on your driver's license: "It's hard to say for sure how many of the 80 or so transgender Washingtonians who change their driver's-license information each year might be terrorists. But just in case, the state was ready." We ran across that this morning, and had to read the whole thing. Go on, it's worth it.