Friday, February 27, 2026

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding Surrender Of Drivers License

Today, transgender people across Kansas are reporting receiving letters from the Kansas Division of Vehicles stating that they must surrender their driver's licenses ... The letter, obtained by Erin in the Morning, marks one of the most significant erosions of transgender civil rights in the United States to date.

Posted by A_Friend at 01:30 PM | 20 COMMENTS | permalink

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1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen ...

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-- Erin Reed (@erininthemorning.com) Feb 25, 2026 at 8:06 PM

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The letter, which has been reported to Erin In The Morning by a Kansas-based activist, states that under House Substitute for Senate Bill 244, Kansas-issued driver's licenses and identification cards must now reflect the credential holder's "sex at birth." It warns that upon the law's publication in the Kansas Register on Thursday, February 26, current credentials for affected individuals "will no longer be valid." The Legislature, the letter notes, "did not include a grace period for updating credentials," and anyone operating a vehicle without a valid credential "may be subject to additional penalties." Those whose gender marker does not match their sex assigned at birth are directed to surrender their current credential to the Division of Vehicles for reissuance.

You can see the full letter here:

#1 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-02-26 05:30 PM

I recall a time when America was the land of the free and the home of the brave.

So unfortunate how it's turned into the land of the oppressed and the home of the bootlickers.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-26 05:38 PM

---- Israel

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-26 05:57 PM

"Kansas To Trans People: Surrender Of Drivers License"

If only they had voted Jill Stein 2016! harder.

#4 | Posted by censored at 2026-02-26 07:44 PM

Kansas To Trans People: Surrender Of Drivers License"
If only they had voted Jill Stein 2016! harder.

Posted by censored at 2026-02-26 07:44 PM | Reply

You ------- idiot. This is a state issue nothing to do with the federal government. God you can be a blooming idiot sometimes.

#5 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-02-26 08:18 PM

"You [fudging] idiot. This is a state issue nothing to do with the federal government. God you can be a blooming idiot sometimes.
#5 | Posted by LauraMohr

If only the Federal government had the unheard of ability to prevent states from discriminating against minorities.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
www.justice.gov
Or Federal judges had a way to stop it using the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (US v. Skrmetti).
In a 6 [GOP] - 3 [Dem] decision, the Supreme Court ruled in Skrmetti v. U.S. that SB1" Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors " does not illegally discriminate against individuals on the basis of sex or transgender status.
www.aclu.org
The fact that you buy hook-line-and-sinker into the GOP argument of state rights on this issue while disregarding Federal ability to block states from discriminating sure shows me to be the idiot.

Jill Stein 2028!

#6 | Posted by censored at 2026-02-27 07:26 AM

Get in your car and move to Minnesota. We are working hard to preserve your rights.

#7 | Posted by mattm at 2026-02-27 02:00 PM

The capitol looks like a bloody dialator

#8 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-27 02:53 PM

ow ow ow ow lol

#9 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-27 02:53 PM

>Get in your car and move to Minnesota

Simon says Get in your car and move to Minnesota

#10 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-27 02:55 PM

Kansas Republicans lost the battle over abortion rights.

So now they're attacking transgender rights.

Anything to keep Americans distracted by identity politics instead of class politics.

Don't pay attention to Trump and republicans looting the treasury, there's a transgender girl playing with those other girls, doesn't that make you furious!?

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-27 04:10 PM

If your stupid enough to cut your fun stick off, you're too stupid to drive.

#12 | Posted by fortfisher at 2026-02-27 04:16 PM

>Anything to keep Americans distracted by identity politics instead of class politics.

pffft! Really?!

#13 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-27 05:55 PM

Anything to keep Americans distracted by identity politics instead of class politics.
#13 | POSTED BY JOHN_SAVAGE2

Exactly.

Well said.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-27 06:11 PM

@LauraMohr

In response to your #5 claim that I'm "a fudging] idiot. This is a state issue nothing to do with the federal government. God you [Censored] can be a blooming idiot sometimes" I posted in #6 examples of how the federal government can and does prohibit states from discriminating.

You have not responded, which suggests you agree that you were incorrect in your opinion on the limitations of the Federal government's ability to protect Americans from discrimination (and maybe a dawning realization that this discrimination might be the chickens coming home to roost for some of those who helped the GOP into office with protest votes).

Otherwise, I look forward to you, or perhaps the two legal scholars who gave your post Newsworthy flags, letting us know exactly how "this is a state issue nothing to do with the federal government" other than that being the position of the GOP SCOTUS that you repeatedly helped into office.

#15 | Posted by censored at 2026-02-28 09:17 AM

I see Boaz hurt someone's feelings really bad...

#16 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-02-28 10:31 AM

It's not just drivers license. Kansas has also invalidated the birth certificates of trans people. Pretty hard to prove you are a citizen if you were born in the US without a valid birth certificate. Trump's proposed nationalization of control over elections and DHS announcing that ICE will placed at polling places didn't make any sense before but now it becomes clear. If more states go the Kansas route then trans people should be prepared to be deported if they try to vote.

#17 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-02-28 02:01 PM

You ------- idiot. This is a state issue nothing to do with the federal government. God you can be a blooming idiot sometimes.
#5 | Posted by LauraMohr

The federal government issues passports. How do you obtain or renew one if your birth certificate has been invalidated?

#18 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-02-28 02:04 PM

Trans people don't exist

#19 | Posted by THEBULL at 2026-02-28 06:19 PM

Does the Kansas driver's license list Sex or Gender?

Does the sex on the driver's license match with the driver's requirement to register for Selective Service?

#20 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-03-01 11:20 AM

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