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Lawrence news November 20, 2023 - 11:05 pm

Lawrence vigil honors lives lost to transphobia, anti-trans violence

by Tricia Masenthin

Advocates and allies gathered Monday evening to remember transgender and gender nonconforming people murdered or targeted by violence and transphobia.

State Government November 20, 2023 - 6:34 pm

ACLU of Kansas argues against Kobach request for temporary injunction in driver’s license case

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

The ACLU argued in a court filing Monday the state’s Republican attorney general shouldn’t be granted a temporary injunction forbidding Kansans to change driver’s licenses to affirm their gender identity.

Lawrence news November 2, 2023 - 5:11 pm

Final questions for Lawrence school board candidates as Election Day draws near

by Lawrence Times

In our final questionnaire, Lawrence school board candidates share their views on transgender athletes in school sports, compensation for board service, the performance of the board and superintendent, and more. 

Education October 7, 2023 - 6:57 pm

Upcoming workshop to offer guidance on protecting LGBTQIA+ students’ rights at school

by Tricia Masenthin

Rainbow Kids & Families has partnered with the ACLU of Kansas to host a workshop Tuesday on the protection of LGBTQIA+ students within the K-12 educational setting.

State Government September 15, 2023 - 4:56 pm

Transgender Kansans barred from altering birth certificates

by Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector

The state will no longer recognize transgender Kansans’ identities, reversing birth records back to assigned sex at birth and halting future modifications of birth certificates following a federal judge’s ruling.

State Government August 31, 2023 - 5:30 pm

Federal judge upends court order allowing transgender Kansans to alter birth certificates

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

A judge granted AG Kris Kobach’s request to significantly undermine provisions of a 2019 consent judgment granting transgender people born in Kansas the right to amend birth certificates to match their gender identities.

Lawrence news August 22, 2023 - 3:22 pm

‘Sexism from a new lens:’ Kansas athletes point out inequities in face of anti-LGBTQ law

by Sam Bailey, Kansas Reflector

Kylie Forney spent her whole life training to play collegiate softball, a dream deferred by a year because of a shoulder injury easily avoided with better attention for women in athletics.

State Government August 18, 2023 - 2:09 pm

Judge allows transgender Kansans to intervene in Kobach’s driver’s license lawsuit

by Sam Bailey, Kansas Reflector

A district judge has granted a motion allowing transgender Kansans to intervene in AG Kris Kobach’s lawsuit that would require Kansas driver’s licenses to list an individual’s sex assigned at birth instead of their gender.

State Government August 16, 2023 - 1:11 pm

Attorneys battle over request for transgender Kansans to intervene in driver’s license lawsuit

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

A judge said Wednesday she would quickly respond to a request by transgender Kansans to intervene in a lawsuit filed by AG Kris Kobach seeking affirmation of his belief a new state law required driver’s licenses to reflect a person’s sex assigned at birth.

Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Education August 13, 2023 - 2:18 pm

Statewide policy bans trans girls from girls’ sports; Lawrence school district ‘will not waver’ in support of students

by Maya Hodison

A new statewide policy bars transgender girls from girls’ sports, but the Lawrence school district is still evaluating what compliance will look like and voicing support for trans and gender-nonconforming students and employees. 

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