ACLU of Kansas in the News

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Feb 19, 2025

Kansas pronoun bill sparks bipartisan concerns of turning ‘classrooms into courtrooms’

LGBTQ+ Rights
Micah Kubic, executive director of the ACLU of Kansas, said the organization is engaged in emphasizing students’ rights to privacy and protection from harassment under civil rights law and the U.S....
Micah Kubic, executive director of the ACLU of Kansas, said the organization is engaged in emphasizing students’ rights to privacy and protection from harassment under civil rights law and the U.S....
Erickson
Erickson
Feb 19, 2025

Kansas GOP overrides governor’s veto of ban on gender-affirming care for minors

LGBTQ+ Rights
Micah Kubic, executive director of the ACLU of Kansas, said Republican lawmakers had disregarded medical professionals, transgender youth and their families in voting to override Kelly’s veto.
Micah Kubic, executive director of the ACLU of Kansas, said Republican lawmakers had disregarded medical professionals, transgender youth and their families in voting to override Kelly’s veto.
ks leg
ks leg
Feb 18, 2025

Kansas Republicans override the governor and ban gender-affirming care for minors

LGBTQ+ Rights
D.C. Hiegert, a legal fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, said GOP lawmakers are out of step with most Kansans on the issue. “It's just really frustrating to see a small amount of...
D.C. Hiegert, a legal fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, said GOP lawmakers are out of step with most Kansans on the issue. “It's just really frustrating to see a small amount of...
trans bill
trans bill
Feb 18, 2025

Trans minors in Kansas will no longer have access to care after Legislature overrides veto

LGBTQ+ Rights
In a joint press release, Loud Light, the ACLU of Kansas, Kansas Interfaith Action and several other pro-LGBTQ+ rights groups condemned the veto override and vowed to connect trans youth and their families...
In a joint press release, Loud Light, the ACLU of Kansas, Kansas Interfaith Action and several other pro-LGBTQ+ rights groups condemned the veto override and vowed to connect trans youth and their families...
trans healthcare
trans healthcare
Feb 16, 2025

'Trepidation and fear': How Topekans are handling changing immigration climate

Immigrants' Rights
"There are millions of people whose parents and grandparents were born in this country but born of immigrant parents," Kubic said. "So, the citizenship of millions and millions more people could...
"There are millions of people whose parents and grandparents were born in this country but born of immigrant parents," Kubic said. "So, the citizenship of millions and millions more people could...
immigration
immigration
Feb 11, 2025

Legal groups and ACLU decry proposed partisan elections of Kansas Supreme Court

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas called a proposed constitutional amendment that reforms the state's Supreme Court to directly elect justices a "blatant power grab" in light of past...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas called a proposed constitutional amendment that reforms the state's Supreme Court to directly elect justices a "blatant power grab" in light of past...
Kobach
Kobach