In case you aren’t paying attention to the ongoing and increasingly dystopian war against trans people, as of today—and with basically zero notice—all trans people in Kansas have had their driver’s licenses canceled. Per Erin Reed’s reporting, they’re being told to go to the state DMV and get new licenses showing their sex assigned at birth. This might sound like nothing more than a bureaucratic hassle, but it’s way more than that. It can lead straight to incarceration in a different-sex prison, and all the perils that entails:
The consequences for noncompliance could escalate quickly. Under Kansas law, driving without a valid license is a class B misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine—though first-time offenders are more likely to face a citation and fine. A conviction, however, triggers an automatic 90-day license suspension. If a person drives during that suspension, they face a charge of driving on a suspended license, which carries a mandatory minimum of five days in jail. Kansas already requires county jails to house inmates by sex assigned at birth.
