Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A new Kansas law requiring transgender residents' state-issued identification to reflect their "sex at birth" went into effect Thursday, immediately invalidating hundreds of driver's licenses and birth certificates.
KCUR-TV in Kansas City, Kan., reported that people began receiving notices this week from the Kansas Department of Revenue instructing them to request new identification cards and birth certificates if they had ever updated the gender marker on the documents.
The requirement is a result of legislation known as SD 244 going into effect Thursday. It bans transgender people from using bathrooms that match their gender identity. It also gives citizens the ability to sue transgender people for $1,000 if they encounter them breaking that law.
Other states ban transgender people from changing the gender marker on their IDs, but Kansas' new law also nullifies any changes previously made legally.
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