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She’d Never Changed Her Gender Marker. Kansas Invalidated Her License Anyway. (www.assignedmedia.org)

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A trans Kansas resident recently changed her name but not her gender marker on her license, fearing what Kansas may do if she did. The Kansas DMV still flagged her ID.

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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

We really need more cis people to speak up because no one ever listens to trans people. Everyone assumes we have some sort of bias (our bias is "we want to continue living") and ignores us until it's way too late.

I've been out for over 11 years. I've literally gone on stage and read off bills. it's been nonstop and has only gotten worse