Transgender Kansans sue over new law invalidating their driver's licenses

Two transgender Kansans are suing to block a state law that requires drivers' licenses align with the holders' biological sex rather than their gender identities.

Two transgender people in Kansas have filed a lawsuit to block a new state law that invalidated hundreds of residents' driver's licenses by requiring they reflect the holders' birth sex rather than their gender identities.

The law, which took effect Thursday, allows those in violation of the law to "surrender" their licenses in exchange for new ones that match their birth sex.

Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, vetoed the legislation, but was overridden by the Republican-led Legislature earlier this month.

“This legislation is a direct attack on the dignity and humanity of transgender Kansans,” Monica Bennett, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas said in a statement. “It undermines our state’s strong constitutional protections against government overreach and persecution.”

Amanda Mogoi, an advance practice registered nurse who provides care for transgender patients in Wichita, Kan., participates in a protest against a new Kansas law that prevents transgender people from changing their birth certificates and driver's licenses to reflect their gender identities and imposes new, tough enforcement provisions in state restrictions on their bathroom use with a sit-in during a legislative committee hearing, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan.John Hanna / APThe two plaintiffs, identified by the pseudonyms Daniel Doe and Matthew Moe, are asking the court to declare the law unconstitutional and block its enforcement.