Transgender men sue over Kansas ID invalidation law

Two transgender men filed a federal lawsuit in Douglas County District Court on Thursday, challenging a new Kansas law that took effect the same day and invalidated their driver's licenses along with those of about 1,700 other transgender residents for listing gender identities rather than sex assigned at birth. The suit, brought by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, seeks a temporary injunction to block enforcement of the measure, which also voids roughly 1,800 birth certificates and restricts transgender individuals' access to single-sex public facilities based on birth sex.

The law, known as Senate Bill 244, requires all state-issued identification to reflect a person's sex assigned at birth and prohibits future changes to gender markers on such documents. It applies to driver's licenses, birth certificates, and other credentials previously updated to align with gender identity. The Kansas Department of Revenue's Division of Vehicles began mailing notifications this week to affected individuals, instructing them to surrender their current licenses immediately and obtain replacements at a cost of up to $48. Officials noted that no grace period was...