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).
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...
According to an official election results announced today friday,President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza has won for the third term in office.Nkurunziza won 69.41% of the vote in tuesday's vote.The election commission said ''This is the first round victory''.Nkurunziza's candidacy was denounced as unconstitutional by the opposition and provoked months of protests and an attempted coup when he traveled out of Burundi.Although eight candidates were on the ballot paper for the presidential polls,most of them withdrew from the race,with the closure of most independent media preventing them from campaigning.A lot of people took to the street to demonstrate against his third term return,most of them lost their lives in the process,but their death seems for nothing,now their President is back for the third term.
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