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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.
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The lawsuit alleges that halting prescriptions for transgender minors unconstitutionally discriminates on the basis of sex and disability status. Mu Health's decision was based on a new Missouri law restricting gender-affirming care, even though the law allows people already receiving treatment to continue.
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The St. Marys city commission, all of whom are members of a conservative religious sect, has threatened for years to pull the lease of the public library if it doesn't remove "divisive" materials. More than a dozen books were taken out of the youth section, and it's not clear how many more could be removed in the future.
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The Black, queer singer-songwriter from Kansas City, Kansas, says it's taken them 36 years to fully live life. Performing on stage, Stephonne says, is "me owning that freedom, that wholeness of myself."
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Whim Productions, an LGBTQ+ theater company with a performance space on Prospect Avenue, exclusively presents works from queer playwrights with narratives that center around the queer experience.
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Brandon Wolf is a survivor of the 2016 shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orland, and wrote the memoir, "A Place For Us." He'll speak as a part of the Grandparents for Gun Safety's 10th Annual Community Forum on October 9.
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As Missouri health providers halt transgender care, families feel duped: 'They told us we were safe'After Missouri's new ban took effect on Aug. 28, MU Health stopped providing gender-affirming care for minors, citing “significant legal liability." Washington University in St. Louis also ceased care for transgender youth, even those who were still eligible under the law.
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Attorney General Andrew Bailey argued that Southampton Community Health Center failed to provide a “comprehensive mental health assessment” before prescribing hormones or puberty blockers to minors. The claim is based on testimony from a hearing on a lawsuit challenging Missouri's ban.
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In June of this year, 96 Kansas congregations left the United Methodist Church over mainly LGBTQ issues.
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Riley Long, a high school teacher in the Blue Valley School District, is taking his passion for educating outside of the classroom to help others learn how to be better trans allies.
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Officials on Monday announced Washington University's Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital would no longer offer puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones or surgeries to minors — even those who are exempted from Missouri's new ban.