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AverageOldGuy

(3,652 posts)
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 09:50 PM 14 hrs ago

Kansas sends letters to transgendered people -- surrender your driver's license

Last edited Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:01 PM - Edit history (1)

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 (Original Post) AverageOldGuy 14 hrs ago OP
My home state's leadership disgusts me... wcmagumba 14 hrs ago #1
all REAL men do Skittles 12 hrs ago #8
I'm not surprised at all. FoxNewsSucks 14 hrs ago #2
Kansas The Wizard 14 hrs ago #3
Now wait just a gosh darn minute there, The Wizard JMCKUSICK 13 hrs ago #4
Yikes BlueWaveNeverEnd 13 hrs ago #5
This law serves no purpose except to titillate right-wing bigotry. Gaugamela 13 hrs ago #6
which makes it all the more sickening Skittles 12 hrs ago #9
Unfuckingbelievable.... NoMoreRepugs 12 hrs ago #7
That is chilling mountain grammy 12 hrs ago #10
And since they got letters that means government Figarosmom 12 hrs ago #11
We should start a GoFundMe for the first person this law arrests. HeartsCanHope 12 hrs ago #12
I didn't know transgender people were such bad drivers..... Bayard 12 hrs ago #13
Literal Nazi shit. The legacy that human rat shit Rush Limbaugh left behind. Initech 12 hrs ago #14
That GQP is bound and determined to moniss 12 hrs ago #15
WTF?!! electric_blue68 12 hrs ago #16
This should scare all decent people. Solly Mack 12 hrs ago #17
OMG, it's not from The Onion. Talitha 12 hrs ago #18
Well, at least they appologized. johnp3907 12 hrs ago #19
And then they'll wonder why their best and brightest, straight or not, are leaving. hunter 11 hrs ago #20
Doesn't Kansas have a Democratic governor? MuirHero 11 hrs ago #21
She vetoed it. Veto was overridden. hunter 11 hrs ago #23
Yes and Laura Kelly wouldn't allow this shit for a second but her Veto's Bengus81 4 hrs ago #34
SO these electors passed a law to discriminate, but they have senators and congressional people at the state turbinetree 11 hrs ago #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 5 hrs ago #31
That's some Nazi shit. We are there, kids. Iggo 11 hrs ago #24
What holds someone to Kansas BidenRocks 11 hrs ago #25
People have familial roots that hold them down... Trueblue Texan 2 hrs ago #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 10 hrs ago #26
And then when they do get stopped and don't exactly fit the visible description then what.. Historic NY 10 hrs ago #27
Can't people just go to ta neighboring state to get a new licence? Colorado might do. nt SomewhereInTheMiddle 10 hrs ago #28
....." Kansas has seen its status deteriorate to a "Do Not Travel" warning in the EITM Trans Risk Map." riversedge 6 hrs ago #29
JK Rowling's "Dream State" wolfie001 5 hrs ago #30
And the next law will require every trans person to have red T stamped on their foreheads for easy ID. Lonestarblue 4 hrs ago #32
Why on earth would a person's gender make a difference in their driving abilities? The point is hate and nothing more. Vinca 4 hrs ago #33
It's how shit like this starts. First it was harassment and broken windows in NAZI Germany Bengus81 4 hrs ago #35
These people are f*ing crazy. Trueblue Texan 3 hrs ago #36
These people are insane. They must be purged from our government. travelingthrulife 2 hrs ago #38
If they invalidate your ID, trans people will immediately become ICE victims. travelingthrulife 2 hrs ago #39

wcmagumba

(5,945 posts)
1. My home state's leadership disgusts me...
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 09:53 PM
14 hrs ago

I am an old cis white guy but I fully support my LGBTQ friends and neighbors against this prejudice and hatred from the Republicans...

JMCKUSICK

(5,723 posts)
4. Now wait just a gosh darn minute there, The Wizard
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 10:58 PM
13 hrs ago

There's a whole lot of Montanans upset that you're swiping their motto.

Skittles

(170,618 posts)
9. which makes it all the more sickening
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:12 PM
12 hrs ago

shame on ANYONE taking part in this, it's UNAMERICAN and disgusting beyond belief

Figarosmom

(11,160 posts)
11. And since they got letters that means government
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:18 PM
12 hrs ago

Knows where they live. I wouldn't put it past them to have cops or state police watching their houses to arrest them as soon as they get on the road.

HeartsCanHope

(1,606 posts)
12. We should start a GoFundMe for the first person this law arrests.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:19 PM
12 hrs ago

That's money I willing to lay out! Sick to death of this bigotry and hate! Everyone has the right to be who they are.

Bayard

(29,200 posts)
13. I didn't know transgender people were such bad drivers.....
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:20 PM
12 hrs ago


More hard won rights being taken away every day. Kansas sounds like they'd like to go back to stoning.

hunter

(40,550 posts)
20. And then they'll wonder why their best and brightest, straight or not, are leaving.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:11 AM
11 hrs ago

There are only a few counties in Kansas where the population is increasing. Overall population growth in Kansas has been lower than the U.S.A. as a whole.

hunter

(40,550 posts)
23. She vetoed it. Veto was overridden.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:42 AM
11 hrs ago

Rural Republican U.S.A. has no idea how badly they are getting screwed or who is screwing them.

Kansas has 105 counties. Only six of those counties have increasing populations.

Bengus81

(10,024 posts)
34. Yes and Laura Kelly wouldn't allow this shit for a second but her Veto's
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 07:46 AM
4 hrs ago

can be easily overridden.

turbinetree

(27,333 posts)
22. SO these electors passed a law to discriminate, but they have senators and congressional people at the state
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:24 AM
11 hrs ago

and federal level...............let a fucking traitor presiding in the white house a 34 count fraudster and sexual abuser, and they will let him and his gang roam around the state...........I forgot the Koch's run the state.............the same organization that helped Stalin............

wolfie001

(7,477 posts)
31. The 6 piles of shit on the SC think it's OK to be hateful bigots as long as you go to church
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:51 AM
5 hrs ago

That's exactly where we are.

BidenRocks

(3,061 posts)
25. What holds someone to Kansas
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:53 AM
11 hrs ago

unless you're a farmer or rancher?
Honest. I've never been there.

Trueblue Texan

(4,320 posts)
37. People have familial roots that hold them down...
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 09:06 AM
2 hrs ago

...and then there are financial realities. Starting over elsewhere is expensive and typically unattainable for working class folks. It's easy to say why don't they leave, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, etc. But what hope would we have of affecting change if we all left? Who would fight for the helpless?

NBachers

(19,347 posts)
26. "Stay in your homes. We know where you live. Authorities are stationed outside. A gas van is on the way to pick you up."
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:04 AM
10 hrs ago

Historic NY

(39,897 posts)
27. And then when they do get stopped and don't exactly fit the visible description then what..
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:17 AM
10 hrs ago

Kansas don't you some wheat to grow instead of engaging in stupid games with people.

28. Can't people just go to ta neighboring state to get a new licence? Colorado might do. nt
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:24 AM
10 hrs ago

But that might be giving up, and they would not be able to vote in Kansas.

Back to the old ways - Throw the bums out!!!

riversedge

(80,305 posts)
29. ....." Kansas has seen its status deteriorate to a "Do Not Travel" warning in the EITM Trans Risk Map."
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:08 AM
6 hrs ago




..........The Kansas letters arrive amid an accelerating nationwide campaign to strip transgender people of accurate identification documents. The Trump administration has barred transgender Americans from obtaining passports that reflect their gender identity, a policy the Supreme Court allowed to take effect in November. The Social Security Administration has similarly stopped permitting gender marker updates. At the state level, Florida, Texas, Indiana, and other states have moved to block gender marker changes on driver's licenses or birth certificates. But Kansas appears to be the first state to go further than simply blocking future changes—it is actively invalidating previously issued documents and demanding their surrender.

As a result of this extreme anti-transgender law, the state of Kansas has seen its status deteriorate to a "Do Not Travel" warning in the EITM Trans Risk Map. Transgender people should exercise extreme caution when traveling through the state, and those already living there should take immediate steps to legally protect themselves in the face of laws that could strip their driving privileges, expose them to criminal penalties, and subject them to thousand-dollar bounties simply for using a restroom. For most transgender people who do not already live in Kansas, the risk is now too great to travel there at all......................

wolfie001

(7,477 posts)
30. JK Rowling's "Dream State"
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:48 AM
5 hrs ago

This really pleases hateful bigots. I recommend using her books and movies in a wood stove to keep the house warm with the dramatic rise in energy prices.

Lonestarblue

(13,381 posts)
32. And the next law will require every trans person to have red T stamped on their foreheads for easy ID.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 07:38 AM
4 hrs ago

That way, violent Republicans know who to attack and murder with impunity. The Republican Party is too disgusting for words.

Vinca

(53,674 posts)
33. Why on earth would a person's gender make a difference in their driving abilities? The point is hate and nothing more.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 07:45 AM
4 hrs ago

Bengus81

(10,024 posts)
35. It's how shit like this starts. First it was harassment and broken windows in NAZI Germany
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 07:51 AM
4 hrs ago

Then..........

Trueblue Texan

(4,320 posts)
36. These people are f*ing crazy.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 09:03 AM
3 hrs ago

What are they going to do to enforce this, inspect people's underwear? Just f*ing bonkers Nazo!

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