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Transgender Kansans had their IDs invalidated overnight, causing confusion and panic
Some transgender Kansans received letters urging them to request new IDs that conflict with their gender identity and presentation, because their current ones are "invalid immediately." It’s the result of a new law that also regulates which bathrooms transgender people are allowed to use.
dfyxI’m still baffled by the fact that for most US citizens, a drivers license is the only government ID they have. It’s not that hard to issue an ID card to everyone and when everyone is required by law to have one, it’s way harder for rogue lawmakers to take it away.
Here in Germany we’ve had mandatory ID for decades and it works really well. Even if our government suddenly decided that being trans isn’t acceptable anymore, the worst that would happen in that regard is that your ID card shows your deadname (gender isn’t listed explicitly). Sure, that sucks (a lot!) but at least it doesn’t take away people’s ability to vote or otherwise identify themselves.
How so you get useful government issued ID cards there? The only argument that makes sense to me here is that making an government issued ID mandatory hurts the lower/working classes who can’t afford to take a day off work to get their photo taken and info recorded for the ID to be issued.
Not to mention they have expiration dates as people change over time (being issued one at birth won’t necessarily be accurate later if it has a photo or address or anything that, say, would be required for voting. I mean, we’ve got Birth Certificates. And we all get government issued Social Security numbers and cards. The latter isn’t supposed to be used for ID as it’s just a 9 digit number that will be reused. (but places use it anyway)
People also don’t really want everything tied to one 9 digit number. (Why Drivers licenses are better, IDK) tracking individuals is kinda anti-freedom. That said, all of our info has been leaked so many times by so many state sponsored, public and private businesses at this point that it’s all just theater anyway.