Kansas Attorney General Seeks to Ban Transgender Birth Certificate Changes

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has filed a request in federal court to end a requirement for Kansas to allow transgender people to change their birth certificates. The request seeks to prevent future changes, not undo past ones. The move appears to be in keeping with a new Kansas law taking effect July 1 that rolls back transgender rights. The law is designed to prevent transgender people from using restrooms, locker rooms, and other single-gender facilities associated with their identities. At least nine other states have such laws, mostly focused on public schools.