Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap GOP lawmakers in Kansas are moving to override the veto of a ban on gender care for minors !

GOP lawmakers in Kansas are moving to override the veto of a ban on gender care for minors

Time:2024-05-21 07:18:44 source:International Insight news portal

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators moved Monday to enact a ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors and bar state employees from advocating social transitioning for transgender youth, brushing aside criticism that they were hurting the state’s image.

The GOP-supermajority Kansas House expected to vote on overriding Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto only hours after the Senate did on a 27-13 vote, exactly the required two-thirds margin. The vote in the House was expected to be close after LGBTQ+ rights advocates raised questions about whether the provision against promoting social transitioning is written broadly enough to apply to public school teachers who show empathy for transgender students.

Under the bill, social transitioning includes “the changing of an individual’s preferred pronouns or manner of dress,” and the rule would apply to state workers who care for children. The measure doesn’t spell out what constitutes promoting it.

Related information
  • California congressman urges closer consultation with tribes on offshore wind
  • Xi Focus: Xi's Shanghai Inspection Tour Sends Signal of High
  • China's STEM programs rank among world's best
  • China's forex reserves down in January
  • Here comes the char
  • China launches experimental satellites to advance 6G tech
  • Xi Sends Congratulations to UN Meeting Marking Int'l Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
  • Xi Sends Congratulations to UN Meeting Marking Int'l Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
Recommended content
  • Who is Jacob Zuma, the former South African president disqualified from next week's election?
  • Sunbeams from the north
  • China Coast Guard to conduct regular patrols in Xiamen
  • Ethnic minority students participated in a fun campus game to welcome the Asian Games
  • Ohio judge to rule Monday on whether the state’s abortion ban stands
  • Xi Pledges to Work with Milei for Sound Development of China