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Kansas AG Orders Reversal of Transgender Identifier Changes on State Records, Documents

  • Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach claims state law requires trans people's birth certificates and driver's licenses to reflect sex assigned at birth.
  • Kobach says trans and nonbinary Kansans can't use single-sex spaces that don't match sex at birth, including schools, shelters and prisons.
  • Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly disagrees with Kobach's interpretation but he may pursue legal action to enforce it.
  • The law defines gender as biological traits at birth; trans people don't have to surrender IDs but they'll be legally incorrect.
  • Advocates criticize the move as attacking trans rights; Kobach says the law clarifies enforcement of the new statute.
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