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