transgender health care

A survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that about 3% of U.S. high-schoolers identify as transgender, and another 2% question their gender identity.

Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed legislation that would have blocked teenagers from receiving hormone therapy and other gender-affirming treatments recognized as necessary by medical professionals. The Senate voted to override her veto, but the House fell short.

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, which oversees some 83,000 athletes competing in more than 25 sports, is thought to be the first college sports organization to take such a step.

Transgender Kansans and their advocates packed Statehouse committee rooms to urge lawmakers to reject proposed legislation that they say would harm LGBTQ youth.

After the Kansas Legislature passed a law defining women and men by biological sex, Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a motion to nullify a 2019 consent judgment that required Kansas to provide birth certificates that reflected sex consistent with an individual's gender identity.

A new Kansas law bans transgender girls from playing sports on girls' teams in schools and colleges. Opponents say that discriminating against transgender children was a solution to a problem that didn't exist, and the law ignores real fairness problems that female athletes face in Kansas.

Kansas City Council passed a resolution declaring the city a safe haven for gender-affirming care and making enforcement of state bans a low priority.

The ban is one of several anti-LGBTQ bills passed by the Kansas Legislature. It would allow for civil suits against doctors who provided gender-affirming care — which is widely supported by U.S. medical associations — for those under age 18. It would also revoke the licenses of physicians who offered such care, starting in July 2023.

Kansas SB12 would make it a felony to provide gender-affirming care to teens and adults under the age of 21. Critics say it would harm transgender youth.