A state agency's lawyer contends that Kansas legislators botched the drafting of a new law for preventing transgender people from changing how their sex is listed on their driver's licenses.
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach answers questions during a news conference about a new state law that defines male and female in state law so that transgender people can't change their driver's licenses and birth certificates to reflect their gender identities, Monday, June 26, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. The number of people making those changes jumped more than 300% this year ahead of the new law taking effect.
Kelly announced last month that the state would continue changing transgender people's driver's licenses to reflect their gender identities, despite an new anti-transgender rights law that took effect July 1. If Kobach's lawsuit is successful, Kansas would become“It is a poorly written law,” said Adam Kellogg, a 20-year-old University of Kansas student, one of the five transgender people, who are seeking to intervene in Kobach's lawsuit. “It was meant to be hateful.
“There is a remedy available to the Legislature," Smith wrote in his filing, saying lawmakers can consider changing the driver's license law next year. They have adjourned for this year.on their driver's licenses since July 2019, including 172 last month alone.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Kansas must stop changing trans people's sex listing on driver's licenses, judge saysA state-court judge has ordered Kansas to stop allowing transgender people to change the listing for sex on their driver’s licenses.
Weiterlesen »
Kansas must stop changing trans people's sex listing on driver's licenses, judge saysA state-court judge has ordered Kansas to stop allowing transgender people to change the listing for sex on their driver’s licenses
Weiterlesen »
Kansas must stop changing trans people's sex listing on driver's licenses, judge saysA state-court judge ordered Kansas to stop allowing transgender people to change the listing for their sex on their driver's licenses.
Weiterlesen »
Judge orders Kansas to stop changing trans people's sex listing on their driver's licensesA judge in Kansas blocked the governor from allowing residents to change the gender listed on their diver's licenses, pending the outcome of a lawsuit.
Weiterlesen »
Kansas judge says trans people can no longer change sex listing on driver’s licensesKansas must stop allowing transgender people to change the sex listed on their driver’s licenses, a state-court judge orders as part of a lawsuit filed by the state’s Republican attorney general.
Weiterlesen »
Kansas Must Stop Letting Trans People Change Sex Listed On Driver's Licenses, Judge SaysTransgender people have been able to change their driver's licenses in Kansas for at least four years, and almost 400 people have done it.
Weiterlesen »