Kansas is stripping transgender people of their civil rights—we need all eyes on the courts to strike down this dangerous legislation and protect all of our civil liberties.
Dear MoveOn member,
Transgender Kansans received just a one-day notice that their birth certificates and driver's licenses will no longer be valid thanks to a dangerous new law implementing sweeping restrictions against trans people in Kansas.1
The civil liberties of trans and LGBTQ+ people across the country are on the line as Republican extremists use places like Kansas as a roadmap for how they can control people's bodies and limit trans people's ability to not only drive, use the restroom, and vote, but to exist in public.
This is just the beginning. We're already seeing copycat bills crop up in places like Missouri—with Republicans across the country testing to see what they can get away with in terms of stripping away our bodily autonomy and legislating discrimination.
Make no mistake: This isn't a one-off law. It's a playbook. And we need to fight it every step of the way. Sign the petition!
On top of requiring that state IDs and birth certificates in Kansas reflect a person's "biological sex at birth," the legislature also tacked on an insidious "bathroom bounty" requiring that people use bathrooms that correlate to their sex assigned at birth in government buildings like libraries, courthouses, and schools.2 Under the bill, anyone can sue for up to $1,000 if they feel "aggrieved" by someone in single-sex spaces like bathrooms.3
Every single person deserves privacy when doing something as simple as using the restroom. We all lose when bathrooms become sites of surveillance and our bodies subject to scrutiny.
These attacks on the trans community are calculated and intentional. The state legislature worked overtime to rush through implementation of the law, months before state laws typically go into effect, sowing further confusion.4
These unjust attacks don't make anyone safer—they only lead to more discrimination and harassment everywhere. Will you sign the petition calling on the courts to protect civil liberties for trans Americans?
Kansans who received notifications about their licenses being suddenly suspended weren't even given enough time to legally drive to the DMV to make changes, and now some people are struggling to get to work and the other important places in their lives.5
There is growing fear about how this legislation will be used to limit the rights of transgender people in Kansas at every turn—from hiring practices to voting to bathroom access—and what it could mean for civil liberties of trans and queer people across the country.6
People are already challenging this unconstitutional legislation, with one attorney calling it a "state-sanctioned attack on transgender people aimed at silencing, dehumanizing, and alienating Kansans whose gender identity does not conform to the state legislature's preferences."7
Laws like this are rooted in discrimination. Add your name to demand that the courts strike it down as unconstitutional NOW.
These attacks aren't isolated. More than 70 bills targeting the rights and liberties of the LGBTQ+ community have been passed into law across the country in just the last year.8
Instead of working to fulfill promises to lower costs and raise incomes, state legislatures are being fueled by Trump's dangerous rhetoric—and they are bringing his administration's discriminatory playbook right to our communities.
We have to make our voices heard: LGBTQ+ Americans must have their civil rights protected. Tell the courts to uphold the civil rights of transgender people in Kansans and everywhere.
Thanks for all you do.
–Nakia, Matthew, Erica, Seth, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Transgender Kansans, blindsided by invalidated IDs, fear wide-ranging legal restrictions will isolate them publicly," CNN, March 5, 2026
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/us/kansas-trans-drivers-license-bathroom-law
2. Ibid.
3. "Transgender Kansans sue over new law invalidating their driver's licenses," NBC News, February 27, 2026
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/transgender-drivers-license-birth-certificate-biological-sex-kansas-rcna261007
4. "Transgender Kansans, blindsided by invalidated IDs, fear wide-ranging legal restrictions will isolate them publicly," CNN, March 5 2026
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/us/kansas-trans-drivers-license-bathroom-law
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. "Transgender Kansans sue over new law invalidating their driver's licenses," NBC News, February 27, 2026
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/transgender-drivers-license-birth-certificate-biological-sex-kansas-rcna261007
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