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 ASP Toyin Gbadegesin,Police Public Relations Officer in Yobe said today that a police constable suspected to have gone insane today friday killed two senior policemen and thereafter shot himself.''A constable in Nangere went berserk this morning,grabbed a rifle and shot two inspectors who died instantly.He shot himself too but did not die instantly but rushed to the hospital.The cause of his action is not known yet but investigation into the unfortunate incident has begun to unravel the remote and immediate cause of his action''.The three bodies have been deposited at General Hospital Potiskum.
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