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The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) updated blood donation guidelines were issued last month with the aim of being more inclusive of the LGBTQ community, but community members say the agency has left the door open for stigma and discrimination. Under the new guidelines, all donors will answer a series of “individual risk-based questions” regardless…

While Republican lawmakers in both Kansas and Missouri passed anti-trans legislation, Kansas City declared itself a “safe haven” for gender-affirming health care. The move affirmed what many in the trans and non-binary community had already decided: to stand their ground.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s emergency rule targeting transgender health care, set to go into effect Thursday but facing a legal challenge, is exposing a rift

The Missouri ACLU sued to block the restrictions, arguing Bailey has no authority to regulate gender-affirming care through emergency rule-making.

“Most of these kids want to play sixth grade basketball and volleyball — that’s what they want. When this law passes, they won’t be able to. It’s one less space where they belong,” said state Rep. Keri Ingle, a Lee’s Summit Democrat.

The state is attempting to restrict gender-affirming care

Michaela Joy Kraemer talks about what this year will hold for the Metro Trans Umbrella Group in St. Louis.

Kendall Martinez-Wright, the first Black transgender woman to run for the Missouri House, discusses the campaign’s toll on her mental health and her diagnosis of bipolar disorder on "St. Louis on the Air."

Kendall Martinez-Wright, the first Black transgender woman to run for the Missouri House, discusses the campaign’s toll on her mental health and her diagnosis of bipolar disorder on "St. Louis on the Air."

“I wasn’t sure I was ever going to do this. It’s easy to battle with self-doubt, but after years of being active in the government and the community I realize we need people to be game-changers, especially young people,” Martinez-Wright told The Missouri Times. “We need to encourage involvement so people can understand how policy affects them on a personal level and how to engage. At the end of the day, it’s like what my mom told me: If you want to do something, don’t wait. You ne...