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Kansas Enacts Sweeping Anti-Trans Bathroom Law

April 27, 2023 at 12:21 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Republican legislators in Kansas have enacted what may be the most sweeping transgender bathroom law in the U.S. on Thursday, overriding the Democratic governor’s veto of the measure without having a clear idea of how their new law will be enforced,” the AP reports.

“At least eight other states have enacted laws preventing transgender people from using the restrooms associated with their gender identities, but most of them apply to schools. The Kansas law applies also to locker rooms, prisons, domestic violence shelters and rape crisis centers.”

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