A NEW KANSAS LAW HAS EFFECTIVELY INVALIDATED THE DRIVER’S LICENSES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT-ISSUED DOCUMENTS OF TRANSGENDER RESIDENTS, LEAVING MANY IN LEGAL AND PERSONAL LIMBO.(PHOTO).

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Kansas driver’s license law puts some transgender residents in ID limbo A new Kansas law has effectively invalidated the driver’s licenses and other government-issued documents of transgender residents, leaving many in legal and personal limbo. Senate Bill 244, which went into effect immediately after the legislature overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto, requires that the gender listed on a driver’s license align with the state’s binary definition of male and female. The law also directs the state registrar to “correct” birth certificates that do not match these definitions. Unlike similar restrictions in other states, Kansas’ law retroactively invalidates previously issued documents. Legal advocates warn that the law threatens the privacy and safety of transgender residents, forcing them to disclose their gender identity in situations ranging from employment applications to renting property or opening bank accounts. The law also restricts bathroom use to the sex assigned at birth and amen...

TONY OKOCHA SHOT AT APC RALLY BY THE POLICE.

   Senator Magnus Abe being stretchered into an ambulance on Sunday          It is so disappointing,how Rivers state is now becoming a zone of wars against parties/police shooting directly to civilians,rubber or silver bullet,it is wrong,if it is a peaceful rally.The River State chapter of Nigeria All Progressive Congress {APC} has reported the shooting this morning by the police of senator Magnus Abe,the senator representing Rivers south east zone and chairman of the senate committee on petroleum {down stream} and Chief Tony Okocha,the chief of staff to governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.The party also reported the killing of five youngsters by the police at the rally of the party at college of Arts and science in Port Harcourt,along with the arrest of Ike Chinwo,a member of the Federal House Representatives representing Obio Akpor Federal constituency.The rally was already in progress when police men from MOPOL 19 stormed the venue and started shooting rubber bullets and teargas to disperse the crowd.One of the rubber bullets hit senator Abe,who fell to the ground and would have died instantly if his aides had not quickly grabbed him and rushed him to a hospital in D/line in Port Harcourt.

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