Kansas revokes driver’s licenses from trans residents in latest assault on rights
The Guardian World
by Sara BraunFebruary 26, 2026
Law demanding IDs match ‘sex at birth’ also includes bathroom ban provision for trans people in public buildings
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Transgender Kansas residents have begun receiving letters from the state’s department of motor vehicles notifying them that their driver’s licenses will be invalid beginning Thursday, as a new law goes into effect that demands that forms of identification must now reflect the credential holder’s “sex at birth”.
The bill, known as SB 244, also bans transgender people from using bathrooms in public buildings that match their gender identity, and creates a sort of bounty hunter system, in which citizens can sue transgender people they encounter in restrooms for $1,000 in damages.
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Originally published on The Guardian World on 2/26/2026