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Missouri is one of 19 states that has banned gender-affirming care for minors. The state has proven to be ripe for laws limiting transgender rights, which are often engineered by a network of out-of-state conservative advocacy groups.
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Trans journalists Erin Reed and Evan Urquhart say Missouri is embracing, and influencing, the national anti-trans movement.
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The Kansas Attorney General cited the group Parents Defending Education in letters he's sent to districts, asking them to change policies that guide teachers and staff to support students by using their preferred names and pronouns at school.
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Shelly Lamb argues in a federal lawsuit that coworkers and inmates at the Kansas Department of Corrections harassed her and the department violated her civil rights and committed sex discrimination because she is a transgender woman.
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Last week saw significant developments in two deeply divisive areas of Missouri law. What will lawmakers do with legislation limiting transgender rights and health care this year, and will voters enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution?
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Doctors could object to providing gender-affirming care to both minors and adults under a proposed Missouri law. Other bills heard Wednesday evening in a House committee include restrictions on care for transgender adults and bathroom and locker-room usage.
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Because of new laws in Missouri, Washington University Transgender Center said it had to stop offering some treatments because of “unacceptable level of liability.” It's part of a strategy by states to strip away access to gender-affirming care.
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Republican Andrew Bailey is seeking a full four-year term this year after being appointed to the position of Missouri attorney general in 2022. Among Bailey's major priorities have been restricting transgender health care rights and challenging the Biden administration's interactions with social media companies.
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It’s been a tumultuous year for trans, nonbinary or gender-questioning kids and adults seeking healthcare in Missouri — and it's not over yet. We'll get you up to speed on the latest confrontation between the Missouri Attorney General and care providers in the state.
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Missouri Attorney General Bailey cited Missouri’s consumer protection law to demand access to all electronic health records from patients at Washington University's Transgender Center. A new lawsuit argues Bailey does not have that legal authority, and that patient records are protected under HIPAA.
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Attorney General Andrew Bailey claims the proposal amounts to religious discrimination. But Missouri’s child welfare agency already offers guidance to foster care providers to use a child’s "preferred name and pronouns" and provide "physically and emotionally safe and supportive care and resources regardless of one’s personal attitudes and beliefs."
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The Human Rights Campaign gave Kansas City high marks on its municipal equality index, but another group said the city is one of the worst places for LGBTQ+ people to live.