Transgender Rights

Does gender dysphoria count as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act? The question lies at the center of a federal lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri earlier this month.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey claims the proposal amounts to religious discrimination. But the state's child welfare agency already supports using preferred pronouns and other resources, even if they don't align with a foster parent's personal beliefs.

State Rep. Ian Mackey, D-Clayton, said election year politics could interfere with the legislature.

Harrison Price, like many LBGTQ+ Catholics around the country, has had to reckon with his faith as the church attempts to beckon a younger and diverse generation of parishioners to its churches.

A school board member proposed a policy to require students to use bathrooms based on their sex assigned at birth.

The claim against Southampton Community Healthcare is the result of testimony provided during a hearing in a lawsuit challenging the state’s limits on gender-affirming care for minors.

Officials on Monday announced Washington University's Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital would no longer offer puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones or surgeries to minors, even those who are exempt from a newly enacted ban on treatment for transgender youth.

The ruling from St. Louis-based Judge Steven Ohmer means the new Missouri law restricting puberty blockers, hormone therapy and gender transition surgery for minors will go into effect on Monday.

Dustan Farr said the Platte County School District’s policy to ban transgender students from using the restroom that aligns with their gender identity has "crushed" his daughter's education.

Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill that bars most transgender minors from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy.