Transgender Kansans intervene in lawsuit over driver’s licenses

• Trans Kansans dispute judge’s ruling on driver’s licenses.
• Kansas bans changing one’s gender identity.
• The ACLU has filed a lawsuit.

Five transgender individuals from Kansas have been granted a motion to intervene in a case involving driver’s licenses.

In July, a state judge in Kansas ruled that transgender citizens would not be allowed to change their gender identity on driver’s licenses.

Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a lawsuit against two individuals at the Kansas Department of Revenue which has outraged the transgender community, CNN reported.

Judge Theresa Watson recently issued an order allowing five transgender Kansans to intervene in the controversial case.

Legal dispute over Kansas driver’s licenses

Judge Theresa Watson issued a motion allowing five people to intervene in the case, according to the Kansas City Star.

Watson stipulated that transgender individuals in Kansas have an interest in addressing the court regarding driver’s licenses.

Earlier this year, a law was passed that bans trans people from changing their gender markers on their driver’s license.

This law is being challenged in court.

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach wants the new law enforced

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach wants to enforce the new law banning changes to gender identity on driver’s licenses in the state.

In July, Kobach sued the Kansas Department of Revenue’s Division of Vehicles, according to the Advocate.

The Republican politician claims that allowing citizens to change their gender at birth on their driver’s licenses would violate the new state law.

The lawsuit sparked outrage in the transgender community in Kansas, who consider it a violation of their rights.

Kris Kobach faces off with Kansas Governor Laura Kelly

Kris Kobach filed a lawsuit in opposition to Democratic Governor Laura Kelly, the Advocate reported.

The lawsuit aims to prevent transgender individuals from continuing to change their gender identity on driver’s licenses in Kansas.

The lawsuit would force the Department of Revenue’s Division of Vehicles to enforce the state-level law went into effect.

Kobach lost the Kansas governor’s race to Kelly in 2018.

The trans community will have their day in court

Adam Kellogg, Kathryn Redman, Juliana Ophelia Gonzales-Wahl, and two anonymous individuals are joining the lawsuit.

They hope to overturn the controversial law.

They will be represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Kansas.

The law firm Stinson LLP is also representing the five individuals.