Kansas Orders Trans People To Surrender Their Driver’s Licenses
Transgender residents of Kansas are being told to surrender their driver’s licenses and birth certificates if they don’t reflect the credential holder’s assigned sex at birth, after Republicans in the state legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto to force through an anti-transgender law.
Kelly’s veto was overridden last Wednesday and the law was enacted today, offering trans Kansans no grace period to comply, unlike typical bills in Kansas, which become law on July 1 of each year.
Adding insult to injury, individuals who surrender their license must also pay for a new one.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports more than a thousand people are affected by the change. The state allowed gender marker changes on state documents for 16 years until its recent reversal.
The law also encourages Kansans to report each other for using what they believe is the wrong bathroom or locker room.
Matthew Neumann, executive director of the LGBTQ Foundation of Kansas, told KWCH the law is already causing chaos.
“I’m getting death threats because I’m telling people I will be in women’s restrooms — and I’m having men say, ‘Well if you go into women’s restrooms, I’m going to hurt you because you’re not going to be allowed by my wife or my children,’” Neumann said.
”I don’t think they realize they are putting people like me, with a big beard … in the women’s restroom.”
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