All posts tagged "kansas"
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Newly-elected Democratic Kansas governor seeks to block anti-gay adoption law
State's largest LGBTQ organization believes law is unconstitutional, and will be introducing a repeal bill in January
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Kansas Governor-Elect Laura Kelly will bring back protections for LGBTQ state employees
Kelly will reinstate an executive order that anti-LGBTQ former Gov. Sam Brownback revoked in 2015
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Transgender Kansas residents sue state over birth certificate policy
Kansas is one of only three states that categorically denies any gender marker change on birth certificates
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Study: 78,000 transgender Americans could be prevented from voting in 2018
A new study estimates that approximately 78,000 transgender people in eight crucial states will be eligible to vote in the upcoming 2018 elections, but will...
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LGBTQ Native American woman wins Democratic primary in Kansas
Sharice Davids emerged from a crowded primary field to win with 37% of the vote
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Kansas City, Kansas, passes ordinance protecting LGBTQ residents
An estimated 225 cities or counties across the nation have LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections in place
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Kansas governor signs anti-gay adoption discrimination bill
Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer has signed a “license-to-discriminate” bill into law granting special exemptions to adoption and foster care agencies that refuse to place children...
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Kansas and Oklahoma lawmakers approve anti-gay adoption bills
Lawmakers in Kansas and Oklahoma have passed bills that allow adoption and foster care agencies to refuse to place children with “immoral” same-sex couples. In...
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Newspaper ads highlight business community’s opposition to anti-gay Kansas adoption law
The bill would allow adoption agencies to reject same-sex couples
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LGBTQ groups push back against Kansas adoption discrimination bill
LGBTQ groups and child welfare organizations are urging lawmakers in Kansas to oppose to a bill that would allow adoption and foster care agencies to...
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Kansas teacher forced to leave the state due to homophobic parents
The teacher made the decision to move after months of harassment targeting his sexuality.
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Court orders Puerto Rico to issue accurate birth certificates to transgender residents
Crder comes in response to a first-of-its-kind federal lawsuit
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Kansas Department of Children and Families backs anti-gay adoption bill
Kansas’ Department of Children and Families has announced its support for legislation that would allow adoption and foster care agencies to refuse to place children...
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Kansas GOP approves resolution to “oppose all efforts to validate transgender identity”
Resolution affirms "God's design for gender as determined by biological sex and not by self-perception"
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State resolutions seek to condemn Obama administration’s transgender guidance
A pair of resolutions working their way through two red-state legislatures this week seek to condemn the Obama administration’s guidance on how schools should treat...
