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Transgender Kansans and their advocates packed Statehouse committee rooms to urge lawmakers to reject proposed legislation that they say would harm LGBTQ youth.
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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.
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Kansas athletes say new anti-trans law won't protect women in sports — it's 'sexism from a new lens'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.
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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.
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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.
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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.