US EditionKansas sued over transgender ID and bathroom law that invalidated driver's licenses, birth certificates
The Kansas law invalidated IDs of over 1,000 transgender residents and restricts bathroom use, prompting a constitutional rights lawsuit by two transgender men.
- On Friday, two transgender men sued in Kansas to block a law invalidating IDs for over 1,000 transgender people, asking for emergency relief.
- The House and Senate overrode the veto earlier this month, requiring IDs to list sex assigned at birth and banning gender-marker changes, per Senate Bill 244.
- State agencies this week began sending letters invalidating about 1,700 driver's licenses and reissuing 1,800 birth certificates, with fees of $8 for licenses and $20 for certificates.
- The lawsuit argues the law immediately deprives the plaintiffs of their ability to operate vehicles or use IDs without notice, violating protections under the Kansas Constitution, and seeks a temporary injunction.
- The American Civil Liberties Union and Philadelphia-based Ballard Spahr filed the lawsuit on the men's behalf, trans activists rallied Feb. 6, and Trans Liberty PAC issued a statewide evacuation order amid a national pattern of state legislatures targeting transgender people in recent years.
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ACLU sues to stop Kansas from enforcing anti-trans driver’s license & bathroom law
By Matthew Kelly, The Kansas City Star A legal challenge is underway attempting to block enforcement of the new Kansas law that requires transgender residents to surrender their driver’s licenses and to use public restrooms on government property in accordance with their sex assigned at birth. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas filed the lawsuit in Douglas County District Court on Wednesday on behalf of two transgender men who live in …
Kansas Transgender Residents Sue State Over Biological Sex Law
Two Kansas residents who identify as transgender men filed a lawsuit against the State of Kansas that challenges a new law which requires all driver’s licenses and birth certificates to be issued using a person’s sex that was documented at birth. The law, which went into effect on Feb. 26, immediately invalidated the driver’s licenses of transgender people across the state, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). “Plaintiffs, alo…
Two trans-identifying men file lawsuit against 'dehumanizing' Kansas law that invalidated their driver's licenses
A Kansas law that invalidated about 1,700 driver's licenses over the mismatch between birth gender and gender identity is being challenged in court by two transgender-identifying males.The law invalidates birth certificates and driver's licenses where the sex does not match the one assigned to the individual at birth. Invalidation notices were sent to trans-identifying persons this week.'This legislation is a direct attack on the dignity and hum…
2 transgender men sue Kansas over a law invalidating their driver's licenses and about 1,700 others
Two transgender men are suing Kansas over a new law that invalidated their driver's licenses and about 1,700 others for reflecting people's gender identities and not their sex assigned at birth
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