Five transgender Kansans allowed to intervene in case centered on gender ID on licenses

Source: Kansas City Star

Five transgender Kansans allowed to intervene in case centered on gender ID on licenses

Katie Moore, Katie Bernard
Fri, August 18, 2023 at 1:51 PM EDT·3 min read

Five transgender Kansans will be allowed to have their voices heard in a court case that will decide whether gender markers can be changed on driver’s licenses.

Shawnee County District Judge Theresa Watson issued an order Friday granting a motion to intervene in the case. In the 10-page order, Watson wrote that the trans Kansans have an interest in persuading the court to interpret a law passed earlier this year that could change whether gender markers can be altered and that intervention is a matter within the court’s discretion.

Sharon Brett, legal director for the ACLU of Kansas, said she was gratified by the decision.

“For our clients and the entire community they represent, this case is about the privacy, dignity, and autonomy that comes from having accurate gender markers on their license, and about their right to be safe from the harassment they would face if forced to present inaccurate IDs that would essentially out them against their will in daily life,” she said in a statement.

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, who opposed intervention, said the primary legal question remains the same.

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