Kansas Transgender Crackdown Cont'd

Culture war in the Sunflower State escalates . . .

What to watch . . .

WILL THE ONE VOTE VETO-PROOF MAJORITY HOLD?!?

Somebody has a lot of leverage on this issue and, surprisingly, it's NOT a Republican. 

Take a peek . . .

The state Senate voted 28-12, with one vote more than a two-thirds majority that would be needed to overturn any veto, giving final passage to an earlier House-passed version of the legislation and sending it to the governor.

The measure deals with bathrooms, locker rooms and other facilities, and defines "sex" as "either male or female, at birth," a move LGBTQ rights advocates said would legally erase transgender people and deny recognition to nonbinary, gender fluid and gender nonconforming people.

The sweeping transgender bill, one of the broadest of its kind in the nation, is among several hundred measures aimed at rolling back LGBTQ rights pursued by Republicans this year across the United States.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Sweeping 'bathroom bill' targeting transgender people passes in Kansas; lawmakers may override governor's veto

Kansas lawmakers voted Tuesday to pass sweeping legislation targeting transgender people, prohibiting them from using bathrooms that align with their gender identities and preventing them from changing their names or genders on drivers licenses. The bill is expected to be vetoed by Gov. Laura Kelly, but the Republican-led legislature could override a veto.

GOP-controlled legislature approves anti-trans bathroom bill in Kansas

A Kansas bill that would bar transgender people from using public bathrooms or changing their name or gender on their driver's license cleared the GOP-controlled legislature on Tuesday by margins suggesting backers could override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's expected veto.

Transgender bathroom bill approved in Kansas; veto expected

TOPEKA, Kan. -- A Kansas bill that would bar transgender people from using public bathrooms or changing their name or gender on their driver's license cleared the GOP-controlled Legislature on Tuesday by margins suggesting backers could override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's expected veto.

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