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I used to live in Kansas, in the Kansas City metro area. The city itself is lovely. Diverse-ish, tolerant, friendly, progressive. But it resides in the deep red state of Kansas. Just as Austin (and Dallas-Fort Worth) is a relatively progressive metro in a red state, Kansas City is subject to the awful whims of a christofascist and bigoted legislature and attorney general.

The news that trans Kansans will have their drivers’ licenses revoked IMMEDIATELY—without a grace period—is persecution, erasure, and criminalization of one’s existence. My heart is breaking for the victims of this open persecution. All my “christian” friends in Kansas who voted for the villainous characters in this legislature should be ashamed of themselves. YOU are the persecutors.

#kansas #transRights

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