When Kansas’ latest anti-trans law took effect on February 26, Matthew Neumann was waiting for the other shoe to drop. Driver’s licenses and birth certificates with updated gender markers became invalid overnight, while public restrooms transformed into hunting grounds for the thousands of transgender Americans living and working in the state.
As the founder and executive director of the LGBTQ Foundation of Kansas, Neumann intended to stand his ground and hold onto his license no matter what notice he’d receive from the government. He told Salon he wanted to be a beacon of resistance as more vulnerable community members scrambled around him to secure their documentation.
