Kansas attorney general sues to stop people changing sex on driver’s licences

Kansas attorney general Kris Kobach has launched a court bid to prevent transgender people changing their sex on their driver’s licence (John Hanna/AP)

The Republican attorney general of Kansas has made a bid in court to block transgender residents from changing their sex on their driver’s licences and to rebuke the Democratic governor for defying his interpretation of a new law.

Attorney general Kris Kobach went to a state court with hopes of getting an order to stop Laura Kelly and agencies under her control to stop allowing the changes to transgender people’s licences.