Opponents to legislation dictating usage of college and school restrooms or locker rooms declared Friday at a Statehouse rally the bill would violate civil rights of Kansans and place an unprecedented financial “bounty” on transgender individuals.
Pending bills in the Kansas House and Senate, framed by sponsors as a personal-privacy protection from sexual abusers, would limit access at these facilities to a single sex. For purposes of declaring proper usage of campus facilities, the bills would require gender of individuals to be defined by a person’s ...