The bill, known as SB 244, also bans transgender people from using bathrooms in public buildings that match their gender identity, and creates a sort of bounty hunter system, in which citizens can sue transgender people they encounter in restrooms for $1,000 in damages.
The bill’s passage also coincides with increased national attacks on the rights of transgender Americans, including a national policy enforced by the Trump administration that blocks transgender and non-binary people from choosing passport sex markers aligning with their gender identity.
The notification, sent by the Kansas department of revenue, under which the division of motor vehicles operates, also notes that the state legislature “did not include a grace period for updating credentials”, and anyone operating a vehicle without a valid credential “may be subject to additional penalties”.
As a person who is Trans I do not like the idea of my fellow humans in my community anywhere being used as a tool especially when, I think I heard the number of, 0.6% of the population in that state is Trans. I did not think of it being used as a voter supresion method, but it makes sense, the Trans community is more likely to be left leaning.
Gotta practice run with someone, might as well start with people who are especially marginalized.
You have to start with highly marginalized groups, if you start with a highly represented group you get a huge backlash right away. If you slowly work your way up the disenfranchisement becomes normalized and you have way less of a fight on your hands. This has been the primary tenant of the fascist playbook since day one.