Kansas informs trans residents their driver’s licenses become invalid on Thursday

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article314844596.html

Taking away the freedom of movement from a targeted minority? Seems familiar.

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luthis@lemmy.nz · 57 pts · 194d (13 replies)

"In addition to invalidating transgender residents’ state identification documents, the new law will require people in government-owned buildings to use restrooms and other multi-occupancy private spaces in accordance with their sex assigned at birth."

Please, PLEASE, do this. Get those real big hairy Bear ftms to go into the womens bathrooms and be all masculine. This will last all of 1 day until the ciswomen are severely pissed off and demand changing it back. I wish I was ftm and big, bearded, and hairy all over, just to see the looks on conservative womens' faces as they really rethink their values.

photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 59 pts · 194d

Huh? They'll just call the cops and get you thrown in jail for perversion.

KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 41 pts · 194d (2 replies)

I fully share the "burn it down" sentiment. Trans men get beaten for doing exactly this. A trans man was beaten for using the women's restroom because it was the only one with a toilet..

I know the trans-masc community knows not to put themselves in danger for this. No one's going to "prove" anyone wrong. All that will happen is the people who want trans people dead will get trans people dead.

BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 194d

This is the intent. Give them an impossible choice and punish them for doing anything but staying at home.

Monument@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 pts · 194d

In same camp of supporting the sentiment, I played this out in my head.

Okay, but what if they’re open carrying a large gun?
[Bad outcome]

Okay, what if they open carry and have a body camera (that they turn off while in the restroom, obviously)?
[Bad outcome and ignored by media - bad outcome]

Okay, what if there’s a group that’s open carrying and have body cameras?
[Bitch, did you just determine they had to form a militia to go to the bathroom away from home? Sigh.]

I don’t know the solution, other than for people to mind their own fucking business.

DomeGuy@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 194d

You are not the first person to say this.

And as I understand it, trans men are as a group kida sick of being volintold to put themselves in harms way. It's great that you recognize that they are men and are treated as such in your "men should do danger" sexism, but don't suggest someone else do what you're not willing to do yourself.

Get few skirts and maybe some makeup, dress yourself in drag, and then make a habit of asking every restaurant or shopping mall or store what bathroom you should use.

(Sure, you'd likely get harassed and banned and maybe arrested, but there's a minority being oppressed and standing beside them is what strong allies do.)

queermunist@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 194d

Someone is almost certainly going to be killed because some vigilante saw the "wrong" person using the restroom.

Manjushri@piefed.social · 8 pts · 194d

Sadly, this is what they want. They want that to happen so MAGAt women can falsely accuse those ftms of assaulting women in the restrooms and mobs of MAGAt men can then attack them and beat them half (or more) to death for using the women's restroom.

numerator3962@fedinsfw.app · 6 pts · 194d

I imagine one of the next steps is to legislate that outward appearance should match the birth certificate gender as well.

AnotherUsername@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 194d (4 replies)

Better still. Cis women with strong jawlines should dress like they're men in drag, and go looking for bathrooms. Then absolutely freak out and make a huge scene in public when they get challenged.

ameancow@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 194d (1 reply)
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AnotherUsername@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 190d

The lawsuits would be SO MUCH FUN though.

luthis@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 193d (1 reply)

I was all for this idea until I read the reply. And they're right unfortunately

AnotherUsername@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 190d

But think of the $uffering you would endure and how much you could make them cough up afterwards!

FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 194d (1 reply)

There are so many places in 'Murica that genuinely seem to want to be remembered badly by history

sirscooter@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 194d

The right wing keeps thinking if we just remove these people it will be better, when that doesn't work, they move on to a new group over and over again until you're the group that's causing the problem and they remove you.

PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org · 50 pts · 194d (1 reply)

Death to AmeriKKKa and its Nazi regime

Sunflier@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 194d

There's no better Republican Nazi than a dead one.

rayyy@piefed.social · 35 pts · 194d (5 replies)

Next up, gays, women, people who speak Spanish, college graduates, left handed people and red-heads.

ameancow@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 194d
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nightlily@leminal.space · 8 pts · 194d (2 replies)

Even if that doesn’t happen, isn’t this bad enough? Fighting this shouldn’t be contingent on it potentially happening to other groups.

kandoh@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 194d (1 reply)

It's always more persuasive to appeal to self interest rather than altruism.

Altruism is the sprinkles on the cupcake of self interest

nightlily@leminal.space · 2 pts · 194d

How very American.

Sunflier@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 194d

Last hired, first fired

Steve@startrek.website · 33 pts · 194d (1 reply)

Every lawmaker who voted for this is guilty of treason.

ameancow@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 194d
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JamieDub86@piefed.social · 29 pts · 194d (5 replies)

Land of the free, hey?

comrade_twisty@feddit.org · 16 pts · 194d

Freedom of hate speech. *that's about it

myrmidex@belgae.social · 5 pts · 194d

Free to do as they're told.

AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 194d (1 reply)

Those printers screwed that all up.

It's supposed to read:

Land of the Fee,

Home of the Slave.

Oops, better remove this Bar Logo.

7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 194d

Obligatory

Whoever told you that is your enemy

Ilixtze@lemmy.ml · 26 pts · 194d

Fucking hellhole of a country.

gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 194d (2 replies)

Blue states like Colorado should be making it easier for people stuck in the shithole states like Kansas to get CO driver's licenses with accurate gender markers

NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 194d (1 reply)

Maybe the government should quit giving a fuck about gender on documents at all.

Horsey@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 193d

Common names are easy to parse gender until they’re not. I just met an elderly man named Courtney. My niece’s legal name is “Jaime”, which is a common male name amongst Mexicans. My elementary school had a Pat of both genders. Sam as well.

Then there are names from other cultures that speak non-Germanic, non-romance languages. Good luck knowing Mandarin or Cantonese names by reading them. Same with some Irish and welsh names. Same with names from Africa.