I normally don't bother to mention this because it shouldn't matter at all, no different than someone disclosing other health information, like having diabetes, PCOS, or any other medical condition that all established medical organizations recognize are treated with the administration of a hormone, but the situation is grim enough that it's important others know what is going on in my state.
A bill, passed by bypassing all procedural rules, vetoed by the state governor, and overruled by a congress where 1/3 of the members were never elected, has decided that I and roughly 1500 other people should have their drivers license invalidated immediately.
No time to resolve, no opportunity for public comment, immediately. Drive to the DMV to address it? Driving on a suspended license, six months jail time.
Why? For being trans.
I'm not turning in my license. My license is correct. A majority, where half the ruling power was not elected, decided to disenfranchise me, for something that has no impact on them. For the sake of cruelty. I will of course be joining others in suing the state. But I want you to think about moments in history: the one drop rule, Germany's mandatory labeling of Jewish people, we hold ourselves to be above these times, but it is clear, we're back in it.
Many of my trans friends here are deciding to pack up and leave. I understand. But that's what they want. The leader of an allegedly free nation takes to calling us psychopaths, domestic terrorists, and is working hand in hand with others to try to remove us from existence. It's not hyperbole anymore, and if you think it is, this is your wake up call.
I won't be erased, I won't be removed. I respect the constitution, and I take full advantage of my civil liberties enshrined in each amendment of the bill of rights. My identity is correct. My identity is my property. This state is held hostage by unelected tyrants.
https://www.kake.com/home/kansas-invalidates-trans-residents-driver-s-licenses-effective-immediately/article_75dbc294-0e60-4989-8454-ccbacba14bda.html