Progressive Outcry Amid Kansas Trans License Crackdown

Expect this to ramp up . . . Here's the opening salvo from our prog blogger friends . . . 

The Kansas Department of Revenue this week sent a letter to Kansans affected by a new law, which took effect Thursday, that requires the gender marker on a driver’s license to match a person’s sex at birth.

The letter informs trans Kansans that because the Legislature didn’t include a grace period for updating credentials, they are “invalid immediately, and you may be subject to additional penalties if you are operating a vehicle without a valid credential.” A spokesman for the agency said the law invalidated about 1,700 licenses.

The letter directed trans Kansans to surrender their driver’s license to the state before they can receive a new one, which will cost them $8.

“We apologize for the inconvenience this causes you,” the unsigned letter said.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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