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...

A COUPLE TAKING CARE OF COVID-19 PATIENTS,GOT MARRIED IN A HOSPITAL IN WUHAN TODAY.{PHOTOS}

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      A bittersweet wedding in Wuhan hospital
Yu Jinghai, 25, and Zhou Lingyi, 24 never thought in their wildest dream that their wedding venue would be a hospital although that's where their career is based. The newlyweds are both members of a medical team from Shanghai that has been stationed in Leishenshan Hospital, which was speed-built to treat coronavirus pneumonia patients in Wuhan, the epicenter of the disease outbreak since Feb 19. They canceled their wedding previously scheduled on Friday in Shanghai.More photos below.
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