'An attack:' Kansas lawmakers advance ban on gender affirming care for trans minors
“This bill specifically discriminates against and stigmatizes individuals you may not necessarily understand,” said state Rep. Heather Meyer.
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“This bill specifically discriminates against and stigmatizes individuals you may not necessarily understand,” said state Rep. Heather Meyer.
Kansas House lawmakers advanced a wide-ranging bill Tuesday to ban trans children from getting gender-affirming care.
Kansas House lawmakers advanced a wide-ranging bill Tuesday that includes Republican plans to ban trans children from getting gender-affirming medical care amid outcry from worried parents.
Transgender Kansans and their advocates packed Statehouse committee rooms to urge lawmakers to reject proposed legislation that they say would harm LGBTQ youth.
Legislation that would have placed Kansas in line for federal funding to reopen rural hospitals closed as far back as 2015 was initially going toward approval in the Kansas House.