Transgender Health

The Missouri Senate gave first-round approval to a pair of bills early Tuesday morning targeting transgender minors and athletes. It needs another vote in the Senate before moving on to the Missouri House.

The legislation, which includes blocking transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming health care like hormones or puberty blockers, had been held up with a filibuster over several days including more than 12 hours of debate from Monday afternoon to early Tuesday morning.

The emergency regulations will require health care providers to tell patients about what Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey called health risks of gender-affirming care. They will also prohibit providers from administering care to children with untreated mental health problems.

Before leaving for spring break, Missouri House Republicans called the first part of this year’s session successful. How much gets done during the second half, however, depends on how well both chambers navigate divisive bills.

Transgender youth and their parents were shocked at Jamie Reed’s allegations — and now want officials to hear their perspectives.

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page will appoint members to the nine-person task force. The announcement comes as state lawmakers prepare to pass several bills limiting freedoms for transgender kids and teens.

The Kirkwood Democrat is a member of the House Transportation Committee and is supportive of the proposal to expand portions of Interstate 70.

A whistleblower released details Thursday about her employment at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

State legislatures around the country have been trying to prevent transgender girls and women from competing with their peers. How that's playing out in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska depends on politics and people.

A $3 million, multiyear effort, TRANSforming Community TRANSforming Care is billed as the first program of its kind in Missouri, expanding access to health care regardless of a patient’s ability to pay.