Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
A Douglas County judge has temporarily reinstated a Lawrence transgender woman and Army veteran’s license that was invalidated by an anti-transgender state law.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
O’Connell Children’s Shelter hosted a ribbon cutting Tuesday for a family service center, which staff said will offer wraparound services and three beds for kids in crisis.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
A transgender woman who works at KU was notified Friday that she had been reported for using the women’s restroom.
Kansas’ latest “bathroom bill” is sending a message to transgender people: You have overstayed your welcome. Some folks in Lawrence are on their way out.
Pivotal court cases challenging laws that have altered the lives of transgender Kansans are approaching turning points, as one moves to a higher court and two others face consolidation.
A Douglas County judge blocked the state from enforcing portions of a ban on gender-affirming care for minors, allowing transgender kids in Kansas to undergo hormone therapy and use puberty blockers.
A few spaces are exempt from Kansas’ new bathroom law that requires people to use the facilities in government buildings that match their sex assigned at birth, Attorney General Kris Kobach said in a new opinion.
Republican leaders of the Kansas Legislature relied on an arsenal of parliamentary procedure that frustrated Democrats seething about a bill forcing transgender people to use public bathrooms and obtain driver’s licenses matching their sex assigned at birth.
Transgender activist Samantha Boucher tried her best to get arrested Tuesday for using the women’s bathroom in the Kansas Statehouse in defiance of a new state law that criminalizes bathroom use based on gender assigned at birth. Capitol Police declined.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times
Community members gathered Monday evening at South Park and marched down Massachusetts Street to protest for transgender rights amid the recent passage of anti-trans legislation.
