Kansas GOP Fails To Override Veto On Gender Affirming Care Ban

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas failed Monday to override the Democratic governor’s veto of a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The vote was 82-43 in the state House to reverse Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto, but that was two votes shy of the necessary two-thirds majority. Two Republicans who’d backed … Read more

Supreme Court Allows Idahos Ban On Transgender Youth Care

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts. The justices’ order Monday allows the state to put in a place a 2023 law that subjects physicians to up to 10 years in prison if they … Read more

Access To Gender-Affirming Care Harder Than Ever: Report

Families of transgender youth in the South have to spend much more time and money to access gender-affirming care than they used to because of anti-trans legislation that has been passed in the last two years, according to a new report from the Campaign for Southern Equality. Two dozen states, predominantly in the South, have … Read more

The Anti-Trans Movement Is Coming For California

On March 16, a broad coalition of conservative organizations joined forces at Glory Church, a large Korean church in downtown Los Angeles. Inside the former boxing arena, Pastor Richard Shin took the pulpit. “America was a dream country to most Koreans, including me, 40 years ago. It was a country of freedom, a country of … Read more