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(3,658 posts) Wed Feb 25, 2026, 09:50 PM Wednesday

Kansas sends letters to transgendered people -- surrender your driver's license [View all]

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Source: Erin In The Morning blog

Today, transgender people across Kansas are reporting receiving letters from the Kansas Division of Vehicles stating that they must surrender their driver's licenses and that their current credentials will be considered invalid upon the law's publication in the Kansas Register on Thursday. Should any transgender person be caught driving without a valid license, they could face a class B misdemeanor carrying up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Kansas already requires county jails to house inmates according to sex assigned at birth. The letter, obtained by Erin in the Morning, marks one of the most significant erosions of transgender civil rights in the United States to date.

Read more: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sends-letters-to-trans-people

The full letter is at the link, Erin In the Morning Blog.

I'm' speechless. But, then, this is Kansas.

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Kansas sends letters to transgendered people -- surrender your driver's license [View all] AverageOldGuy Wednesday OP

My home state's leadership disgusts me... wcmagumba Wednesday #1

all REAL men do Skittles Wednesday #8

I'm not surprised at all. FoxNewsSucks Wednesday #2

Kansas The Wizard Wednesday #3

Now wait just a gosh darn minute there, The Wizard JMCKUSICK Wednesday #4

Used to hear that about Australia. n/t Igel Thursday #47

Wyoming, too. generalbetrayus 13 hrs ago #51

Yikes BlueWaveNeverEnd Wednesday #5

This law serves no purpose except to titillate right-wing bigotry. Gaugamela Wednesday #6

which makes it all the more sickening Skittles Wednesday #9

Unfuckingbelievable.... NoMoreRepugs Wednesday #7

That is chilling mountain grammy Wednesday #10

And since they got letters that means government Figarosmom Wednesday #11

We should start a GoFundMe for the first person this law arrests. HeartsCanHope Wednesday #12

I didn't know transgender people were such bad drivers..... Bayard Wednesday #13

Literal Nazi shit. The legacy that human rat shit Rush Limbaugh left behind. Initech Wednesday #14

That GQP is bound and determined to moniss Wednesday #15

WTF?!! electric_blue68 Wednesday #16

This should scare all decent people. Solly Mack Wednesday #17

OMG, it's not from The Onion. Talitha Wednesday #18

Oh, it's for real. ShazzieB Thursday #40

Well, at least they appologized. johnp3907 Wednesday #19

And then they'll wonder why their best and brightest, straight or not, are leaving. hunter Thursday #20

Doesn't Kansas have a Democratic governor? MuirHero Thursday #21

She vetoed it. Veto was overridden. hunter Thursday #23

Yes and Laura Kelly wouldn't allow this shit for a second but her Veto's Bengus81 Thursday #34

SO these electors passed a law to discriminate, but they have senators and congressional people at the state turbinetree Thursday #22

The 6 piles of shit on the SC think it's OK to be hateful bigots as long as you go to church wolfie001 Thursday #31

What everyone is missing is this very important little thing ............ Major Questions Doctrine turbinetree 13 hrs ago #50

That's some Nazi shit. We are there, kids. Iggo Thursday #24

What holds someone to Kansas BidenRocks Thursday #25

People have familial roots that hold them down... Trueblue Texan Thursday #37

"Stay in your homes. We know where you live. Authorities are stationed outside. A gas van is on the way to pick you up." NBachers Thursday #26

And then when they do get stopped and don't exactly fit the visible description then what.. Historic NY Thursday #27

Can't people just go to ta neighboring state to get a new licence? Colorado might do. nt SomewhereInTheMiddle Thursday #28

....." Kansas has seen its status deteriorate to a "Do Not Travel" warning in the EITM Trans Risk Map." riversedge Thursday #29

JK Rowling's "Dream State" wolfie001 Thursday #30

And the next law will require every trans person to have red T stamped on their foreheads for easy ID. Lonestarblue Thursday #32

Why on earth would a person's gender make a difference in their driving abilities? The point is hate and nothing more. Vinca Thursday #33

It's how shit like this starts. First it was harassment and broken windows in NAZI Germany Bengus81 Thursday #35

It doesn't. That's not the point. ShazzieB Thursday #41

These people are f*ing crazy. Trueblue Texan Thursday #36

It's based on birth certificate infornation. ShazzieB Thursday #42

My birth certificate doesn't list a gender Retrograde Thursday #46

Interesting. ShazzieB Yesterday #49

These people are insane. They must be purged from our government. travelingthrulife Thursday #38

How do you propose that happens? maxsolomon Thursday #44

If they invalidate your ID, trans people will immediately become ICE victims. travelingthrulife Thursday #39

The cruelty is the point. maxsolomon Thursday #43

Kansas needs one hell of a bluestarone Thursday #45

What's the matter with Kansas? Intractable Thursday #48

It is illogical FarPoint 13 hrs ago #52