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 PUNCH Metro,there was panic on wednesday in Lakowe area of Ajah,Lagos State,after some suspected hoodlums reportedly attacked motorists plying the Lekki Epe Expressway and mechanics in a shop in the community.Sources learnt that the attackers who were ared with guns and cutlasses,dispossessed their victims of their valuables and injured many people in the attack which occured around 2pm.Some members of the gang were identified as Saheed,aka Ejo,who is identified to be the son of a traditional ruler {Baale}of a community in the area.Others are Sima,Taofeek,Alaba and one Tunde aka Oka.It was learnt that residents had been indoors while an annual cultural rites,aka Oro,was being observed by the community on the fateful day.It was gathered that the bandits,led by Oka,cashed in on the curfew to attack the mechanics and motorists found outside.A mechanic identified as Segun Borokini said that the mayhem usaualy occurred whenever the rite was being held in the community.He said the gang injured and robbed him of N150,000 and a phone,adding that he reported the incident at the Elemoro Police Division..A resident,who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of being hunted,said police later came to disperse the hoodlums on the expressway.''Some policemen later came to chase them from the expressway,where they were collecting money from motorists.That is how they frustrate everybody.They always look for opportunities to steal whenever they are doing the rites.They don't fear the police at all''.Lagos state Police Public Relations Officer,DSP Patricia Amadin,confirmed the incident was reported but she said the police is not aware of the rites.''The mechanic reported at the station that he was attacked by some people.He did not mention it was during a rite''.
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