Kansas - Kansas could elect its first openly transgender lawmaker this fall

Katie Shepard
The Washington Post

Wichita, KS

  

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Kansas - Kan. lawmaker's proposed bill spurs debate on transgender youth in sports

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KWCH

Wichita, KS

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ezs note:  Kansans - if you feel as strongly about this as I do,  please call the state representative and state senator and urge them to vote NO on this bill.

Kansas - Kansas to allow transgender people to change their gender on birth certificates

Dion Lefler, Jonathan Shorman
The Wichita Eagle

Topeka, KS

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Kansas - Meet the transgender activist suing the state of Kansas

Ciara Pate
University News

Topeka, KS

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lead story - Kansas library asked to move transgender children books

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The Kansas City Star

Andover, KS

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Kansas - Kansas Sen. Barbara Bollier, at odds with GOP over Trump, LGBT issues, turns Democrat

Jonathan Shorman
The Wichita Eagle

Fairway, KS

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Kansas - Kelly will reinstate protections for LGBT state workers in Kansas

Jonathan Shorman
The Wichita Eagle

Wichita, KS

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Kansas - Kansas birth certificate policy violates transgender individuals’ rights, lawsuit says

Allison Kite
The Wichita Eagle

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lead story - Kansas birth certificate policy violates transgender individuals’ rights, lawsuit says

Allison Kite
The Wichita Eagle

Wichita, KS

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Kansas - What’s Right with Kansas

Sarah Kaplan
Stanford Social Innovation Review

Kalvesta, KS

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civil rights - Kansas Attorney General Says Transgender Case Is About 'Reducing Cost'

Dan Margolies
NPR

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ezs note:  Let's do a little math for you.  In 2014, the United States spent 581.0 billion dollars on defense spending.  In China, during the same period, they spent 129.4 billion dollars. What this means is even if we spent the equivalent of the entire Chinese amount on transgender operations rather than defense spending,  we would still have almost double what the Chinese spend. (451.6)

Overland Park, Kansas

estimated transgender population:  1096*
(rounded down)

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Overland Park, Kansas is a mushrooming city - it went from a mere 21,110 in 1960 to a gigantic 188,966 in 2016  - and it's still growing!

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civil rights - Why does Kansas want the Supreme Court to OK discrimination against transgender workers?

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The Kansas City Star

Kansas City, MO

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Kansas - ‘There’s No Place Like Home’ finds signs of quiet progress for Kansas’ LGBT citizens

Steve Wieberg
The Kansas City Star

Lawrence, KS

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How San Diego State circumvents California's Kansas travel ban for NCAA tournament

Henry Bushnell
Yahoo!

San Diego State University

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Kansas - Kansas Republicans declare ‘war’ on transgender people

Nick Duffy
PinkNews

Spring River, Kansas

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Kansas GOP votes to ‘oppose all efforts to validate transgender identity’

Jonathan Schorman, Hunter Woodall

The Wichita Eagle

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Kansas - “No Place Like Home” | Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas

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University News

Dodge City, KS

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When football players join in to mock transgender people, Kansas high school students protest with a sit-in

Cindy Boren
The Washington Post

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Transgender activist in Topeka sues state over birth certificate

Nick Viviani
WIBW

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