π‘Share this with cis friends. Steal this post (or the idea behind it) and put it on corporate social media. Use this info to educate other cis people. Print this off and physically distribute it if you want. Whatever you think helps.
Go to this website and zoom in to the state of Kansas. You can see, for yourself, the coverage of public transit routes in the state.
https://transiteverywhere.com/
Then go here, and pay particular attention to "Kansas Citians Commute Lengths," in relation to public transit. Also noteworthy is "amount of cars Kansas Citians have access to."
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article56498968.html
Then go here. Not a single city in Kansas has a walk score at or above %50. Kansas City sits at %32; Wichita at %35. The best transit score is %35...and drops off a cliff from there.
You wanna fuck over a bunch of people overnight? Make it harder for them to hold down employment, secure housing, and pay for basic necessities? Perhaps force them into moving to places with higher costs of living, or forcing them out of car-dependent employment...
...unless they comply with your order to have incorrect identity markers that can easily out them at any time? This is definitely a good way to achieve that.
(IDs and drivers licenses are used for a lot of things, and in combination with the trans bathroom bounty bullshit, you're basically gambling every time you have to show it somewhere)
Again: no grace period. Here's a rundown if you need it.
https://www.them.us/story/kansas-orders-trans-drivers-surrender-licenses-one-days-notice
This is not a post meant to fearmonger. This is about giving cis allies the tools to be more effective with their voices, and to help reach more people in understanding why these laws are as harmful as they are.
#Kansas #Transgender #TransAllyship #USpol #TransAlly #LGBTQIA
Addendum: an example of things you may need to use an ID for, linked below. A whole chunk of it encompasses "the ability to stay housed and fed."
https://www.facebook.com/groups/newstalk1010listeners/posts/4864884867071507/
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Charlotte Walker