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Health June 26, 2025 - 10:07 am

‘I would have died without it.’ Kansas teen copes with gender-affirming care ban

by Zane Irwin, Kansas News Service

Kansas’ ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapies for transgender minors takes effect next year. This family is trying to navigate the changes — and give their daughter a normal teen life.

State Government June 17, 2025 - 11:04 am

Kansans can’t yet change gender markers on driver’s licenses, despite recent ruling

by Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector

A Kansas Court of Appeals ruling Friday allows Kansans to change the gender markers on their licenses. But AG Kris Kobach instructed the state Department of Revenue not to make gender marker changes while the matter is in litigation.

Crime & Courts June 13, 2025 - 1:10 pm

Trans Kansans win court ruling to change the gender on their IDs

by Zane Irwin & Dylan Lysen, Kansas News Service

A Kansas Court of Appeals decision Friday reversed a district court order that prohibited transgender people from changing their driver’s licenses to reflect their gender identity.

Health May 28, 2025 - 3:32 pm

Kansas trans kids file lawsuit over new law banning gender-affirming care

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Two transgender teenagers and their parents are challenging a new Kansas law that bans gender-affirming care for minors with a lawsuit filed in Douglas County District Court.

Lawrence news April 4, 2025 - 9:56 am

Kansas mental health providers brace for impact of anti-trans laws

by Grace Hills, Kansas Reflector

With gender-affirming care for minors now banned in Kansas, the weight of their transgender care falls largely on mental health providers. Nobody can police what a therapist talks to their client about.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life March 24, 2025 - 12:27 pm

ACLU of Kansas, Loud Light to share info on anti-trans bills moving through statehouse

by Lawrence Times

Local advocates will discuss current anti-trans legislation and community resources at a Trans Day of Visibility event in Lawrence.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence news March 5, 2025 - 3:29 pm

Lawrence couple feels impact of new federal anti-trans policies

by Tricia Masenthin

Claven Snow’s birth certificate has reflected his name and male gender identity for more than a decade, as does his current driver’s license. But his renewed passport, issued after Trump’s recent executive orders, came back with an “F” sex marker.

State Government March 5, 2025 - 2:20 pm

Kansas Republican’s pleas for decorum at anti-trans hearing met with cries of ‘fascist!’

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

For Joanna Herrmann and 100-plus other opponents who spoke at a Kansas House hearing or submitted testimony, SB 76, which would forbid school employees from using preferred pronouns without parental consent, is both personal and hurtful.

State Government February 19, 2025 - 5:18 pm

Kansas pronoun bill sparks bipartisan concerns of turning ‘classrooms into courtrooms’

by Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Senate gave preliminary approval Wednesday to legislation that would ban school district employees from using names or pronouns other than a minor student’s corresponding biological sex or birth certificate without parental permission.

State Government February 18, 2025 - 3:28 pm

Kansas Legislature votes to override governor’s veto of legislation that targets trans kids

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Senate and House Republicans voted Tuesday to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of legislation that bans gender-affirming care for minors, rejecting pleas from Democrats to turn attention instead to issues that concern Kansans.

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