Kansas Implements Policy Banning Changes to Transgender Birth Certificates

Kansas will no longer allow transgender individuals to change their birth certificates to reflect their gender identities, citing a new law that prevents the state from legally recognizing those identities. This decision, along with the existing policy of not changing gender markers on driver's licenses, reverses the previous policies set by Democratic Governor Laura Kelly's administration. The new law, enacted by the GOP-controlled Legislature, defines male and female based solely on the sex assigned at birth. Several other states, including Montana, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, also do not allow transgender residents to change their birth certificates. LGBTQ+ advocates see these measures as attempts to erase transgender people's identities.