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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey went looking for complaints about gender-affirming health care last year. He got something else: Thousands of complaints about Bailey and the tip line itself.
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On May 1, delegates at the United Methodist Church’s General Conference voted to repeal a ban on LGBTQ clergy that stood for four decades.
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Local queer couple Joan and Harper Rose opened Goofball Sk8boards last year in the Waldo neighborhood after feeling tired of the judgment that often comes with the skate scene. The shop and indoor park, where the Roses teach lessons, is a place to learn — and be goofy — in a safe and sober environment.
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Stories For All, a digital storytelling project run by the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas, is celebrating the end of its current funding period with a festival spotlighting work from its more than 40 community partners.
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Missouri banned gender-affirming health care for minors, and Kansas could follow suit this spring. So families are forced to move to other states or travel hundreds of miles, sometimes with the help of a growing network of groups determined to make the care available.
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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. The policy was approved in a 20-0 vote at its annual convention in Kansas City.
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Missouri is one of 19 states that has banned gender-affirming care for minors. The state has proven to be ripe for laws limiting transgender rights, which are often engineered by a network of out-of-state conservative advocacy groups.
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Trans journalists Erin Reed and Evan Urquhart say Missouri is embracing, and influencing, the national anti-trans movement.
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The Kansas Attorney General cited the group Parents Defending Education in letters he's sent to districts, asking them to change policies that guide teachers and staff to support students by using their preferred names and pronouns at school.
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Sowers is having a tough time deciding who to cheer for during the Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. Sowers, a Kansas native, was on the 49ers coaching staff during the 2020 Super Bowl, but the following year she was coaching with the Chiefs.
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Doctors could object to providing gender-affirming care to both minors and adults under a proposed Missouri law. Other bills heard Wednesday evening in a House committee include restrictions on care for transgender adults and bathroom and locker-room usage.
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Because of new laws in Missouri, Washington University Transgender Center said it had to stop offering some treatments because of “unacceptable level of liability.” It's part of a strategy by states to strip away access to gender-affirming care.