A Kansas judge says barring driver's license changes doesn't violate trans people's rights
A Kansas judge ruled Monday that the state isn't violating transgender residents' rights under the state constitution by refusing to change their driver's licenses to reflect their gender identities.
District Judge Teresa Watson kept in place indefinitely an order she first issued in July 2023 to prevent the Kansas Department of Revenue from changing the listing for “sex” on transgender people's driver's licenses. Attorney General, a conservative Republican, sued Democratic Gov. 's administration to stop such changes in line with a 2023 law that ended legal recognition of transgender people's identities.
