As Kansas nears gender care ban, students push university to advocate for trans youth

By JOHN HANNA
Associated Press

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — As Kansas prepares to ban gender-affirming care for minors, students at the state’s largest university taking action. They’re trying counter Republican efforts to roll back transgender rights by pushing to make the University of Kansas a haven for trans young people. The GOP-controlled Legislature approved its proposed ban Wednesday, apparently with the two-thirds majorities needed in both chambers to override an expected veto from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. Kansas would join 24 other states in banning or restricting gender-affirming care for minors. The Student Senate on KU’s main campus is proposing that as a matter of policy, staff must use students’ preferred names and pronouns.