@Jeri Dansky I thankfully due to ad blockers and no TV avoid 99% of the ads, and the few that get through are usually tuned toward me which avoids it... but even before that I'm deeply terrified.

I can't update my license or car registration safely because the DMV has become a place of danger.

@Jeri Dansky for the record if you've missed it, they've made a policy in which they're refusing to accept court orders that involve changing gender markers (they won't even process the name change portion) and send all such documentation to a central list for "review", notably our attorney general has in the past attempt to get lists of all transgender people in Texas from the DMV but couldn't because the system didn't track reason for the correction. Even worse, they're currently discussing investigation previous changes and reversing them.

So I can't get my ID updated, and because the whole system of putting people on a list isn't a clean cut thing, it's entirely possible for just one transphobe at a DMV office to put me on said list regardless of my actually trying to update my ID. And that's before getting to the fact that my federal ID now no longer matches my state ID. (Which also means I risk messy consequences if I try to vote)

After so many expenses and so much struggle even managing expenses, on top of this, I'm considering just giving up my car altogether.

At the very least, I have the ability to pursue a passport so I have a federal id going forward and I'll just stop interacting with Texas specific systems.