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...

GOV. SANWO-OLU INSPECTS NEWLY ACQUIRED THREE SETS OF TRAINS FOR THE BLUE LINE RAIL TRANSIT AT NATIONAL THEATRE STATION, IGANMU, ON SUNDAY, 8TH JUNE, 2025.(PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE


 GOV. SANWO-OLU INSPECTS NEWLY ACQUIRED THREE SETS OF TRAINS FOR THE BLUE LINE RAIL TRANSIT AT NATIONAL THEATRE STATION, IGANMU, ON SUNDAY, 8TH JUNE, 2025


Newly acquired three sets of trains for the Blue Line Rail Transit delivered at the National Theatre Station, Iganmu, inspected by Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, 08 June, 2025. INSET: Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right); Managing Director, LAMATA, Engr. Abimbola Akinajo (left); behind her is Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi and others during the inspection.


Newly acquired three sets of trains for the Blue Line Rail Transit delivered at the National Theatre Station, Iganmu, inspected by Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, 08 June, 2025. INSET: Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu inspecting the train.


Newly acquired three sets of trains for the Blue Line Rail Transit delivered at the National Theatre Station, Iganmu, inspected by Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, 08 June, 2025. INSET: Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right) and his Special Adviser on Transportation, Hon. Sola Giwa (second right) during the inspection.


Newly acquired three sets of trains for the Blue Line Rail Transit delivered at the National Theatre Station, Iganmu, inspected by Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, 08 June, 2025. INSET (L-R): Director, Rail Transportation, LAMATA, Engr. Olasunkanmi Okusaga; Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi; Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Managing Director, LAMATA, Engr. Abimbola Akinajo and Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Hon. Sola Giwa during an inspection.


Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right); Managing Director, LAMATA, Engr. Abimbola Akinajo (left); behind her is Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi and others during an inspection of the newly acquired three sets of trains for the Blue Line Rail Transit at the National Theatre Station, Iganmu, on Sunday, 08 June, 2025. 


 


Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right) and his Special Adviser on Transportation, Hon. Sola Giwa (second right) during an inspection of the newly acquired three sets of trains for the Blue Line Rail Transit at the National Theatre Station, Iganmu, on Sunday, 08 June, 2025. 


 Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu during his inspection of the newly acquired three sets of trains for the Blue Line Rail Transit at the National Theatre Station, Iganmu, on Sunday, 08 June, 2025. 


Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu addressing the Press, flanked his Special Adviser on Transportation, Hon. Sola Giwa (left); Managing Director, LAMATA, Engr. Abimbola Akinajo (right) and other members of EXCO during an inspection of the newly acquired three sets of trains for the Blue Line Rail Transit at the National Theatre Station, Iganmu, on Sunday, 08 June, 2025. 


 Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right) and Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi during an inspection of the newly acquired three sets of trains for the Blue Line Rail Transit at the National Theatre Station, Iganmu, on Sunday, 08 June, 2025. 


 Newly acquired three sets of trains for the Blue Line Rail Transit delivered at the National Theatre Station, Iganmu, inspected by Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, 08 June, 2025. 


Director, Rail Transportation, LAMATA, Engr. Olasunkanmi Okusaga; Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi; Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Managing Director, LAMATA, Engr. Abimbola Akinajo and Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Hon. Sola Giwa during an inspection of the newly acquired three sets of trains for the Blue Line Rail Transit at the National Theatre Station, Iganmu, on Sunday, 08 June, 2025.


Gbenga Omotoso 

Lagos Transport 

Dr. Obafemi Hamzat 

Babajide Sanwo-Olu . 

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