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Reed, a transgender student, spent formative years of her life at one of the four Kansas school districts the Trump administration has threatened over transgender policies.

New York Times opinion columnist M. Gessen says that by invalidating the driver’s licenses and policing the bathroom use of transgender residents, Kansas is drifting toward the policies of Nazi Germany.

The U.S. Department of Justice has followed through on its threat to sue Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools based on a dispute over the district’s transgender policies.

Over the summer, an internationally renowned expert on authoritarianism visited Kansas to investigate the state's new polices on transgender rights. Hear why New York Times columnist M. Gessen sees similarities between Kansas and Nazi Germany.

Siobhan Kirchstein received a warning — which is the penalty for a first offense under the new Kansas law — for not using the bathroom that matches her gender assigned at birth. So far, the University of Kansas has not received a fine.

An anti-trans law passed by Kansas Republicans restricted bathroom use in publicly owned facilities and mandated that driver’s licenses gender markers align with a person’s sex assigned at birth. The state quickly invalidated thousands of IDs issued to transgender residents, causing mass confusion.

The group of trans men are using women’s bathrooms in publicly owned facilities, which is required by Kansas law, to highlight what they say are flaws in the bathroom bill.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Tuesday that states can ban transgender athletes from participating in sports. That secures the status of a law in Kansas banning transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who has long coached his daughters' and other girls' basketball teams at school, wrote the court's majority opinion. Missouri and Kansas both have laws restricting transgender students from playing on girls' and women's sports teams.

The legislature also failed to pass bills that would restrict transgender rights, regulate artificial intelligence and the opioid-like drug 7-OH and eliminate vehicle safety inspections.

The November measure would essentially reinstate Missouri's abortion ban by repealing the reproductive rights amendment voters approved in 2024. It would also add a constitutional ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

Douglas County District Court Judge Carl Folsom said provisions the Kansas "Help Not Harm Act" likely violate the state constitution. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach called the decision “is a stark example of judicial activism.”