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To: U.S. Courts
Uphold the rights of transgender people in Kansas and across the U.S.
Kansas quickly and quietly implemented a dangerous law that implements sweeping restrictions against transgender Kansans, invalidating thousands of driver's licenses and birth certificates.
The bill, SB 244, was passed after a supermajority of Republicans in the state legislature overrode Governor Laura Kelly’s veto. The extremely restrictive bill requires that state IDs and birth certificates in Kansas reflect a person’s "biological sex at birth."
And the legislature tacked on an insidious "bathroom bounty" requiring that people use bathrooms that correlate to their sex assigned at birth in government buildings like libraries, courthouses, and schools.
This is a cruel and devastating bill that is already causing chaos and confusion for transgender Kansans—and could have consequences for people across the country. Already copycat bills are being introduced in other states. The courts must strike this bill down as unconstitutional NOW. Sign the petition!
Why is this important?
This legislation in Kansas is just another example of how states, empowered by Trump’s federal rollbacks, are introducing policies that compromise our civil rights. And the people most impacted by these hostile environments are vulnerable communities like immigrants and LGBTQ+ folks.
People are already challenging this unconstitutional legislation, with one attorney calling it a “state-sanctioned attack on transgender people aimed at silencing, dehumanizing, and alienating Kansans whose gender identity does not conform to the state legislature’s preferences.”
The courts must strike down this legislation as unconstitutional—and set a precedent that no one be discriminated against for their gender identity.