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Mar 14, 2024

Training session in Lawrence to educate about LGBTQ+ storytelling – The Lawrence Times

Training session in Lawrence to educate about LGBTQ+ storytelling – The Lawrence Times“Free speech and expression, especially political protest, are fundamental to our democracy, and police cannot have the...

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times Loud Light, ACLU of Kansas and Equality Kansas will hold a free training session on LGBTQ+ storytelling and narratives, set for Monday, March 18, 2024 at Art Love Collective, 646 Vermont St. in downtown Lawrence.

Mar 13, 2024

‘Hungry for control’: Kansas House advances ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors • Kansas Reflector

Senate Bill 233 bans health care professionals from using surgery or puberty blockers to treat transgender children. Despite Republican lawmakers’ claims that puberty blockers and hormone therapy are unsafe...

Activist Jae Moyer holds up a sign protesting new legislation that would restrict access to gender-affirming care in the state. (Rachel Mipro/Kansas Reflector)

Mar 12, 2024

‘An attack:’ Kansas lawmakers advance ban on gender affirming care for trans minors

Kansas Republicans advanced a sweeping bill Tuesday banning hormone therapy and gender transition surgeries in minors, the latest in a multi-year effort on the right to regulate the lives of transgender...

Mar 11, 2024

Kansas judge says barring driver's license changes doesn't violate rights

A Kansas judge ruled Monday that the state isn't violating transgender residents' rights under the state constitution by refusing to change their driver's licenses to reflect their gender identities.

Mar 11, 2024

Transgender Kansans can't change gender markers on drivers licenses

Transgender Kansans will continue to be denied gender marker changes to their drivers licenses after a judge in Topeka sided with Attorney General Kris Kobach as Shawnee County District Court Judge Teresa...

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach sued Gov. Laura Kelly's administration over SB 180, and a Shawnee County judge on Monday sided with Kobach. Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal

Mar 7, 2024

Kansans must be as relentless in preserving voting rights as extremists are at attacking them • Kansas Reflector

Democracy should not be a partisan matter — it’s the very foundation that ensures each Kansas voter can have a voice in the laws and policies affecting their lives. The election process is the single most...

Kansas voters cast their early ballots Oct. 25, 2022, at the Shawnee County Election Office in Topeka. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)