On May 28, 2025, the ACLU and the ACLU of Kansas filed a lawsuit on behalf of Two transgender adolescents and their parents have filed a challenge in Kansas state court against SB 63, a law passed in the 2025 legislative session prohibiting access to gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender people under 18.
Loe v. Kansas charges SB 63 with violating the Kansas Constitution’s guarantees of equal protection and fundamental rights. The case was filed pseudonymously on behalf of 16-year-old Ryan Roe and his mother Rebecca Roe as well as 13-year-old Lily Loe and her mother Lisa Loe.
SB 63 prohibits medical providers in the state of Kansas from providing gender-affirming medical treatments, such as hormone therapies and pubertal suppressants, to transgender youth diagnosed with gender dysphoria. The law allows these same treatments to be provided to cisgender youth for any other reason.
