Ugh. For starters, if there’s no grace period, how are you supposed to get to the DMV to surrender your license? Driving to the DMV would turn into a Class B misdemeanor under this law.
Likely they will be 'detained' in prisons for misdemeanors similar to how brown and black people and anyone not speaking Amurkin anguish are rounded up and disappeared.
The Department of Homeland Security is currently contracting for large medical waste incinerators to be constructed at multiple large capacity for profit detention camps for detainees of all types.
Now the bodies can be disposed of without leaving much forensic evidence. Himmler would be so jelly.
Worse, there's no way you can apply to change it in any reasonable amount of time to comply with the law.
I did apply to change my gender marker back... 4 months ago, and the CA DMV has processed it in their system but hasn't issued me a new physical license.
With this law--if it takes 4-6+ months to have this change (back to AGAB) processed at all, essentially trans people aren't allowed to leave their house (work, doctor, etc.) for at least half a year. Or risk being both arrested + sued and losing everything.
(For context, I was never able to change the gender on my passport before Trump's ban, so I tried reverting my driver's license back so I'm not caught by ICE with technically conflicting IDs. Since that would make it extremely obvious that I'm trans/likely give them a reason to claim my official IDs are fake, which they are already known to do.
Instead that backfired & my electronic driving record now doesn't match my physical license, either.)
OMG... I hope there are folks in Kansas who will help them to escape to another state. This is horrific! Of course they didn't provide for a grace period. It's 1000% HATE there.
Erin, please add Kansas to the 100% NO GO state, like Florida and Texas. Thanks,.
I am going to forward this story to Garmin along with my cancellation of subscription. I would expand my boycott to other corporations located in Kansas but I do not deal in weapons manufacturing, surveillance technology or corporate meat products. Shameful!
Just as many states boycotted North Carolina after they drafted their anti-LGBTQ law several years ago (our state of VT was among the first), so our states should boycott Kansas, not allow anyone to go to conferences there, meetings, etc., and inform Kansas businesses why you are boycotting their products.
Trans people are what--1% of the population? Whence comes this foaming-at-the-mouth, virulent-anti-trans-hatred, in the State of Kansas? These disgusting lawmakers (and they ARE disgusting!) need to dial down their hatred and get some therapy.
Wow. Kansas tops the list of shithole states. Remains to be seen whether the good souls there -- and there must certainly be many -- raise hell about this.
They have zero legal right to demand your license. You paid for it, you passed all the requirements to obtain said license at the time. Until it is out of date they have zero legal right to do this. You cannot grandfather this in, Period.
Do Not Comply in Advance
Ignore the letter, get into a class action suite against the Kansas state government, sue, sue, sue
It is important to note that the enactment of this law, that dismantles previously deemed legal documentation, will be seen, I think, as relevant to other similar dismantlements. I am thinking of Obergefell, Bostock, and even the availability of contraception. Unjustly retricting freedoms and upending previously inclusive practice will continue unless this regime is significantly weakened.
Republican lawmakers: How to immediately create a new undocumented population of “illegals” This is so unconstitutional it’s sick.
It's simple, when they run out of criminals, they simply create new criminals to persecute.
THIS exactly!
Ugh. For starters, if there’s no grace period, how are you supposed to get to the DMV to surrender your license? Driving to the DMV would turn into a Class B misdemeanor under this law.
Likely they will be 'detained' in prisons for misdemeanors similar to how brown and black people and anyone not speaking Amurkin anguish are rounded up and disappeared.
The Department of Homeland Security is currently contracting for large medical waste incinerators to be constructed at multiple large capacity for profit detention camps for detainees of all types.
Now the bodies can be disposed of without leaving much forensic evidence. Himmler would be so jelly.
Transgender genocide?
What transgender people?
Do you have a link or source for this ?
Factually is somewhat skeptical, but not totally dismissive of current reports on this.
https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/dhs-contracts-detention-units-incinerators-required-dfa4d7
SCOTUS has actually said no law can be valid where obeying it makes you a criminal.
Worse, there's no way you can apply to change it in any reasonable amount of time to comply with the law.
I did apply to change my gender marker back... 4 months ago, and the CA DMV has processed it in their system but hasn't issued me a new physical license.
With this law--if it takes 4-6+ months to have this change (back to AGAB) processed at all, essentially trans people aren't allowed to leave their house (work, doctor, etc.) for at least half a year. Or risk being both arrested + sued and losing everything.
(For context, I was never able to change the gender on my passport before Trump's ban, so I tried reverting my driver's license back so I'm not caught by ICE with technically conflicting IDs. Since that would make it extremely obvious that I'm trans/likely give them a reason to claim my official IDs are fake, which they are already known to do.
Instead that backfired & my electronic driving record now doesn't match my physical license, either.)
Exactly like they’re doing to immigrants who show up at their lawful appointments.
OMG... I hope there are folks in Kansas who will help them to escape to another state. This is horrific! Of course they didn't provide for a grace period. It's 1000% HATE there.
Erin, please add Kansas to the 100% NO GO state, like Florida and Texas. Thanks,.
The idea that any State government, or legislature, or legislator has nothing better to do than this is utterly revolting.
I am going to forward this story to Garmin along with my cancellation of subscription. I would expand my boycott to other corporations located in Kansas but I do not deal in weapons manufacturing, surveillance technology or corporate meat products. Shameful!
Just as many states boycotted North Carolina after they drafted their anti-LGBTQ law several years ago (our state of VT was among the first), so our states should boycott Kansas, not allow anyone to go to conferences there, meetings, etc., and inform Kansas businesses why you are boycotting their products.
Trans people are what--1% of the population? Whence comes this foaming-at-the-mouth, virulent-anti-trans-hatred, in the State of Kansas? These disgusting lawmakers (and they ARE disgusting!) need to dial down their hatred and get some therapy.
Wow. Kansas tops the list of shithole states. Remains to be seen whether the good souls there -- and there must certainly be many -- raise hell about this.
That last line holy shit, you aren’t sorry otherwise you wouldn’t have passed the law
F.U. to KS!
Isn't this technically a Human Rights Violation and possible War Crime ?
Sad, hateful, and stupid. I'm glad you had good news from the APA earlier. Thanks for being so thorough in your research.
Heads up, typo in the title
fixed
Correct Response, Come and Get it.
They have zero legal right to demand your license. You paid for it, you passed all the requirements to obtain said license at the time. Until it is out of date they have zero legal right to do this. You cannot grandfather this in, Period.
Do Not Comply in Advance
Ignore the letter, get into a class action suite against the Kansas state government, sue, sue, sue
It is important to note that the enactment of this law, that dismantles previously deemed legal documentation, will be seen, I think, as relevant to other similar dismantlements. I am thinking of Obergefell, Bostock, and even the availability of contraception. Unjustly retricting freedoms and upending previously inclusive practice will continue unless this regime is significantly weakened.
RAGE!!!
Another Republican effort to strip away our rights.
I fear that they are determined to make trans people effectively non-citizens.