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...

BURKINA FASO,SWEARS IN A NEW PRESIDENT,MICHEL KAFANDO.

                Michel Kafando,who was the former foreign minister,was sworn in as the transitional President of Burkina Faso today tuesday.Hr his set to announce a Prime Minister tomorrow wednesday and together they will appoint a 25 member government.Kafando said ''Our country will never be a banana republic.Our eyes are open and thing will never be the same again.We will scrupulously respect the political order in this country''.Kafando was chosen by a committee on monday set up after president Blaise Compaore resigned and fled on October 31 in the face of mass protests against his attempt to change the constitution and extended his 27 year rule.Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida stepped in the following day and declared himself head of state.

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