Top Kansas Republicans want the Legislature to hold a special session to amend a state law related to transgender people, which they say is “even more important than redistricting.”
The move comes after the Kansas Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Attorney General Kris Kobach related to Senate Bill 180. That 2023 law is the subject of a legal dispute over whether it blocks trans people from changing their gender marker on their driver’s license.
It also comes at a time when Republicans are moving toward calling a special session on redistricting with a goal of gerrymandering the congressional district maps.
Trans people, by mere existence, threaten the status quo in the eyes of these losers.
Think about it - if you can do something to escape the misery you were born into and have agency of your own body, then it’s harder for aggrieved reactionaries to enforce the rigid hierarchy they think they’re entitled to. Suddenly their easy in to a luxurious job is threatened, and they may actually have to compete for positions of power, or even a nicer house.
They want control, and they want higher status over other people. Happiness for those who question the “superiority” of the dominant lifestyle and dogma isn’t allowed. Conform to the caste system or be punished - and they take delight in punishing their “lessers.”