Newsflash: Kansas City Star Challenges MAGA Trans Rights Crackdown

More accurately . . .

CHECK KANSAS CITY STAR TAKING THEIR EDITORIAL DIRECTION FROM THE TKC BLOG COMMUNITY!!! 

We knew there would a love letter for the KC trans politico . . . And here it is . . .

After only a couple of weeks in office, the newspaper claims he begrudgingly takes up the fight against trans rights when in fact . . . It's the only thing he's done so far.

Again . . . That's' okay because despite so many meanie haters lurking in the shadows of the Internets. Wick is a very cool and nice person . . . Our objection is with policy priorities and we don't question that he's a very likeable and worked hard to win his office. 

Nevertheless . . .

Here's the newspaper contributing to a culture war fight that, again, ignores KCMO's more urgent needs.

Check-it . . . 

Transgender residents living across the sprawling Kansas City metro are straddling two states pushing to restrict their health care.

In Missouri, where Kansas City voters just elected Wick to the state House, Republican lawmakers held a marathon hearing on Monday over bills that would strengthen the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors and permanently place restrictions on trans student-athletes.

In neighboring Kansas, Republicans, who have also already placed restrictions on transgender student-athletes, are looking to finally override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto over legislation to restrict transgender health care. Last week, a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors became the first piece of legislation to pass the Kansas House and Senate this year.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Transgender KC residents fear attacks from both sides of state line: 'Where do we go now?'

Transgender residents in Kansas City straddle Missouri & Kansas, states pushing to restrict their health care and ban gender-affirming care.