It’s Personal Now: How My State Solidified My Resolve to Fight for Change

This was Kansas’ brand new “Women’s Bill of Rights” at work. Despite its name, this new law provides no protections or entitlements for women. Rather, it defines the words “female,” “male,” “woman,” and “man” in such a way that transgender people legally do not exist. Further, it disallows transgender people from changing their gender markers on their driver’s licenses and birth certificates.

As someone who had made these changes before the law came into effect, I had hoped that I would be grandfathered into keeping them. But my hope was shattered in this moment.

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