To Our Transgender Family: We See You, We Love You, and We Will Fight For You

Right now, somewhere in Kansas, a transgender person is holding a letter from our government. Their hands are shaking. Their heart is racing. Tears are falling—tears of confusion, of fear, of profound betrayal.

The letter tells them they must surrender their driver's license. The license that finally, after years of struggle, showed the world who they truly are.

The relief they felt when they first received that document—the one with the correct gender marker, the one that matched the person they know themselves to be—is now being ripped away by the very institution that issued it.

Our hearts are absolutely shattered for you.

This Is Not About a License

Let us be perfectly clear: this has never been about a piece of plastic. It's not about a photograph or a checkbox on a form.

This is about telling a human being that their identity is invalid. That who they are is somehow wrong. That the state has the power to erase them with the stroke of a pen and the threat of a $1,000 fine and six months in jail.

Imagine, for just a moment, the terror of that. Imagine being told that the document you need to drive to work, to pick up your children, to cash your paycheck, to exist in daily life—is now illegal. That simply being yourself in public could land you in handcuffs.

This is not governance. This is cruelty dressed up as policy.

To Those Being Targeted: We See You

We want you to know something, and we need you to hear it deeply:

We do not support this. We never will.

What is happening to you is evil. There is no gentler word for it. To deliberately hurt good people—people who are simply trying to live their lives, be their authentic selves, and contribute to their communities—is evil. Plain and simple.

You have done nothing wrong. You have hurt no one. You exist, you breathe, you love, you work, you struggle, you dream—just like every other human being on this planet. And you deserve to do all of those things with the same dignity and recognition as anyone else.

The gender marker on your license does not change who you are. It never did. You are the one who gives that document meaning, not the other way around. The state can try to take away the paper, but it cannot take away you.

Your Identity Is Not Up for Debate

We know the messages you're receiving from the world right now are confusing and painful. You're being told that who you are is a political argument. That your existence is "divisive." That your identity is somehow harming others.

Let us be absolutely clear about something:

Being yourself hurts no one.

Limiting someone's ability to self-identify—to exist as the person they know themselves to be—does cause harm. It stunts growth. It suffocates the human spirit. It tells people that they must shrink themselves to fit into someone else's narrow definition of acceptable.

Progress does not work that way. Humanity does not work that way. We grow when we are free. We flourish when we are accepted. We become our best selves when the people around us say, "I see you, I love you, and I celebrate exactly who you are."

We Need You to Be Yourself

Here is the truth that the letter in your hands will never tell you:

We need you.

We need your voice. We need your perspective. We need your creativity, your strength, your resilience, your joy. We need you to show up in the world as your full, authentic self—not in spite of who you are, but because of it.

A world where everyone is forced into the same box is a smaller, darker, less interesting world. A world where people are free to be themselves is a world where innovation happens, where art flourishes, where communities grow stronger.

You make this world better just by existing in it. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise.

We Will Fight With You

We want you to know that you are not alone in this. You are not fighting this battle by yourself.

There are organizations like the ACLU preparing lawsuits to challenge this law. There are advocates and allies across the country raising their voices in outrage. There are people like us—people who may not share your exact experience but who share your humanity—standing beside you, ready to fight.

We will call our representatives. We will show up at rallies. We will donate to legal defense funds. We will use our voices to amplify yours. We will do whatever it takes to push back against this cruelty and create a world where no one has to fear a letter from their government telling them they don't belong.

This fight is long, and it is hard, and there will be setbacks. But we are in it together, and we are not giving up.

We Love You, Period.

We want to leave you with the simplest, most important message of all:

We love you.

Not "we love you if..." Not "we love you but..." Not "we love you when you conform to our expectations..."

We love you. Full stop. Period. End of sentence.

We love you however you want to be. We love you with whatever name you choose. We love you with whatever pronouns you use. We love you with whatever gender marker feels true to your soul.

We love you because you are worthy of love. Not because of what you do or how you identify or who you become—but simply because you exist.

And because you exist, the world is better. Our lives are richer. The future is brighter.

A Message of Hope

To the transgender Kansan reading this through tears: we are so sorry for what you are going through. We cannot pretend to fully understand the depth of your pain, but we want you to know that we see it, we acknowledge it, and we hold it with you.

The letter in your hands is paper and ink. It has power only because we give it power. And we are here to tell you that your power is greater. Your identity is stronger. Your spirit is unbreakable.

They can try to take your license. They cannot take your truth. Hold onto that. Hold onto each other. Hold onto the knowledge that there are people across this country—across this world—who love you fiercely and will never stop fighting for your right to simply be.

We love you. We need you. We are with you.

Always.

This is not accidental. This is not an oversight or a bureaucratic technicality. This is intentional—a calculated strategy designed to divide us, to distract us, and to conquer us. But conquer us for whom? And for what purpose? While we are turned against each other, while our energy is consumed by fighting for basic dignity and recognition, who benefits? Who profits while we are distracted? Who continues unchecked while our attention is focused on defending our very existence? The answer is those who would rather we fight among ourselves than question why housing remains unaffordable, why food contains chemicals that harm us, why the gap between the wealthy and everyone else grows wider every day. They need an underclass—people desperate enough to work for pennies, bodies to fill their for-profit prisons and institutions, a permanent class of disposable humans whose labor lines their pockets while their rights are stripped away. They divide us because a divided people cannot organize. A divided people cannot demand change. A divided people cannot see that their struggles are connected—that the forces hurting our transgender siblings are the same forces hurting the unhoused, the working poor, the incarcerated, the marginalized of every kind. They conquer us by keeping us focused on each other's differences instead of their own greed. They steal our attention so they can steal our freedom, our dignity, our very lives. But we see what they are doing. And we refuse to play their game. We will stand together. We will protect each other. And we will win—not by conquering anyone, but by loving each other so fiercely that their divisions cannot survive. The creation and maintenance of an underclass is not some unfortunate byproduct of our current systems—it is by design. Every policy, every distraction, every manufactured cultural war serves the same purpose: keeping enough people struggling, scrambling, and fighting each other so that those at the top can continue extracting wealth and power without interference.

If you or someone you know has been affected by this law and needs support, please reach out to organizations like the ACLU, the Trevor Project, or local LGBTQ+ community centers. You are not alone.