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| Region | Kansas |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | Jul 1, 2023 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Kansas passed a new law making it impossible to change one's gender marker on legal documents, be it driver's licenses or birth certificates. Any documents previously changed would be reverted after renewal. Governor Kelly has out-spoken about the bill several times and did veto it, it still got overturned with her veto and has been active since 2023. Citing that businesses would not work with her, because of the discrimination actions within the bill. |
| Sources | https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/01/us/kansas-trans-gender-identity-reversal-law/index.html https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb180/ https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb180_enrolled.pdf |
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edited by qcksws. added more information about the Governors disapproval and her citing's
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| Description | Kansas passed a new law making it impossible to change one's gender marker on legal documents, be it driver's licenses or birth certificates. Any documents previously changed would be reverted after renewal. | Kansas passed a new law making it impossible to change one's gender marker on legal documents, be it driver's licenses or birth certificates. Any documents previously changed would be reverted after renewal. Governor Kelly has out-spoken about the bill several times and did veto it, it still got overturned with her veto and has been active since 2023. Citing that businesses would not work with her, because of the discrimination actions within the bill. |
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| Sources | https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/01/us/kansas-trans-gender-identity-reversal-law/index.html https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb180/ | https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/01/us/kansas-trans-gender-identity-reversal-law/index.html https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb180/ https://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb180_enrolled.pdf |
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| Description | Kansas passed a new law making it impossible to change one's gender marker on legal documents, be it driver's licenses or birth certificates. Any documents previously changed would be reverted after renewal. | Kansas passed a new law making it impossible to change one's gender marker on legal documents, be it driver's licenses or birth certificates. Any documents previously changed would be reverted after renewal. |
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| Sources | https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/01/us/kansas-trans-gender-identity-reversal-law/index.html | https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/01/us/kansas-trans-gender-identity-reversal-law/index.html https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb180/ |
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created by Notdog1996
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | Jul 1, 2023 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Kansas passed a new law making it impossible to change one's gender marker on legal documents, be it driver's licenses or birth certificates. Any documents previously changed would be reverted after renewal. |
| Sources | https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/01/us/kansas-trans-gender-identity-reversal-law/index.html |