Transgender Kansans sue over new law invalidating their driver's licenses

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Source: NBC News

Feb. 27, 2026, 2:56 PM EST


Two transgender people in Kansas have filed a lawsuit to block a new state law that invalidated hundreds of residents' driver's licenses by requiring they reflect the holders' biological sex rather than their gender identities.

The law, which took effect Thursday, allows those in violation of the law to "surrender" their licenses in exchange for new ones that match their biological sex. Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, vetoed the legislation, but was overridden by the Republican-led Legislature earlier this month.

“This legislation is a direct attack on the dignity and humanity of transgender Kansans,” Monica Bennett, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas said in a statement. “It undermines our state’s strong constitutional protections against government overreach and persecution.”

The two plaintiffs, identified by the pseudonyms Daniel Doe and Matthew Moe, are asking the court to declare the law unconstitutional and block its enforcement.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/transgender-drivers-license-birth-certificate-biological-sex-kansas-rcna261007

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Link to ACLU PRESS RELEASE - Transgender Kansans Challenge State Law Invalidating Their Driver’s Licenses and Allowing Them to Be Sued for Using Public Restrooms

Link to SUIT (PDF) - https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2026/02/Complaint-1.pdf

[efhmc]

1. I know we live in seminazi land but how the hay is that legal?

[kimbutgar]

2. That law is so BS and cruel

Glad I don’t live in Kansas ( not Nebraska) or will ever go there!

[poli-junkie]

3. Kansas. 👆

[kimbutgar]

4. Oops!

[yankee87]

5. LGBTQI Parenthere

FUCK MAGA!!!! FUCK MAGA!!!!
In what world is this okay? I remember in HS History Class about 30s Germany saying a set of people aren't human. Don't kid yourself, the ovens are the next step.

[Initech]

6. Literal Nazi shit. That entire damn party needs to be fired.

Fuck the GOP!

[intheflow]

7. One has to wonder how Rethuglicans drive with their genitals.

Because obviously, driving depends on genitals in Kansas, and it's most important that those genitals match your birth gender and/or what other people perceive your gender to be. Public safety depends on responsible penis and vagina use while behind the wheel!

Jeebus, these people are stupid.

[twodogsbarking]

8. Soon if yer skin ain't super white y'all will hafta walk.

[area51]

9. Good on the Trans ppl for suing KS.

Trans rights are human rights.