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May 29, 2025

Transgender teens sue Kansas to stop new ban on gender-affirming health care

The American Civil Liberties Union and its Kansas affiliate filed the lawsuit in the Douglas County District Court in Lawrence.

May 28, 2025

Transgender teens challenge Kansas law banning gender-affirming care for minors

The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Kansas filed Wednesday’s challenge in Douglas County District Court pseudonymously on behalf of plaintiffs Lily Loe, 13, Ryan Roe, 16, and their mothers, Lisa...

May 28, 2025

ACLU sues over Kansas law banning gender-affirming care for minors

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Kansas on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging the state over a recent law that was passed – blocking gender-affirming care for minors.

May 28, 2025

Kansas trans kids file lawsuit over new law banning gender-affirming care

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and the national ACLU filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Douglas County District Court on behalf of a 16-year-old trans boy and a 13-year-old trans girl. The lawsuit...

May 23, 2025

Underground Railroad site in Kansas City, Kansas, named National Historic Landmark

Rethinking Quindaro: A Kansas ACLU report shines a new light on a 'truly democratic place'

May 21, 2025

District Court Judge Calls Kansas Death Penalty Racially Biased, Costly, and Ineffective as a Deterrent

“In each of the four cases where we raised this challenge in Kansas, none of our clients ultimately faced capital trials where the death penalty remained on the table … That is no coincidence.