Transgender Rights

A new policy by the Missouri Department of Revenue says Missourians must show proof of gender affirming surgery or a court order to change gender markers on a state ID.

The new policy bans books that include excessive violence, drug use and sexual content. Another measure aims to keep students and teachers from talking about gender identity in the classroom.

Opponents of the policies are threatening legal action if the board passes measures requiring students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match the sex on their birth certificates.

In one of four cases between a provider of gender-affirming care and the Missouri Attorney General, a judge has ruled that Missouri’s consumer protection law does not authorize Andrew Bailey’s sweeping demands for unredacted records.

In one of four cases between a provider of gender-affirming care and the Missouri Attorney General, a judge has ruled that Missouri’s consumer protection law does not authorize Andrew Bailey’s sweeping demands for unredacted records.

Rob Connoley this year was a finalist for best chef in the James Beard Awards.

In a unanimous decision, the state appeals court ruled that the Blue Springs School District discriminated against the student, identified by his initials R.M.A., on the basis of sex when it barred him from using the boys’ locker room.

Missouri’s attorney general went looking for complaints about trans care. He got something else.

Missouri is one of 19 states that has banned gender-affirming care for minors. The state has proven to be ripe for laws limiting transgender rights, which are often engineered by a network of out-of-state conservative advocacy groups.

Trans journalists Erin Reed and Evan Urquhart say Missouri is embracing, and influencing, the national anti-trans movement.