Since its enactment, the driver's license law has left trans Kansans unsure of how to navigate everyday life
Published
June 14, 2026 6:30AM (EDT)
A transgender flag sits on the grass during the "Trans Youth Prom" outside of the U.S. Capitol building on May 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
When Kansas’ latest anti-trans law took effect on February 26, Matthew Neumann was waiting for the other shoe to drop. Driver’s licenses and birth certificates with updated gender markers became invalid overnight, while public restrooms transformed into hunting grounds for the thousands of transgender Americans living and working in the state.
