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 to 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.