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The complaint against "Lily and Dunkin" came from one Johnson County parent who has repeatedly challenged books she finds objectionable. A special committee overwhelmingly recommended to keep the book in circulation, but the school board voted this week to remove it anyway.
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Pre-filed bills aim to prevent transgender Missourians from using their gender identity on state-issued licenses. Current policy requires a person to provide proof of gender transition surgery to change their gender marker, which LGBTQ advocates say is discriminatory.
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After a judge last week upheld a 2023 state law banning some gender-affirming medical care for minors, Republican lawmakers signaled that they aren’t done pushing for laws restricting the rights of transgender Missourians.
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With Donald Trump headed back to the White House, and Republicans cementing power in Missouri, transgender residents in Kansas City fear losing access to hormone treatments and living under an administration that campaigned on making them pariahs.
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Rep. Chris Sander of Lone Jack, Missouri, was one of the only openly gay Republicans in the Missouri legislature. In the statehouse he often felt ostracized from the Republican Party, especially when he voted against high-profile anti-trans bills.
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Gov. Mike Parson and Sen. Josh Hawley have claimed that Missouri Amendment 3 — which would legalize abortion — would also allow minors to obtain gender transition surgeries without parental consent. Legal and medical experts say that's "wildly inaccurate."
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October is LGBT History Month, the creation of history teacher Rodney Wilson. He began working on the idea while completing graduate studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1994.
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The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, is tackling political issues even as polarization burdens congregations across the country.
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Transgender adolescents are seeking to block a Missouri law passed last year that bars them from beginning puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, arguing the ban is unconstitutional and discriminatory. The trial begins Monday.
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Missouri quietly restricted its policy for transgender residents to change the gender markers on their state IDs. For some people, it was the last straw. Plus: How Children’s Mercy researchers are working to make genetic testing more accessible in rural Kansas.
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When the state of Missouri suddenly, and quietly, raised its requirements for changing gender markers on state IDs, it came as a shock to LGBTQ advocates and residents. The policy change the latest state effort restricting the rights of transgender and gender-nonconforming people.
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Missouri banned transgender athletes from competing according to their gender identity, but student handbooks and board policies have yet to add the change. Before last year's law, there were only five transgender athletes statewide who were eligible to compete.