Kansas lawmakers are considering a pair of bills that would require the separation of students based on biological sex at birth on school-sponsored, overnight trips.
The bills are the latest example of lawmakers targeting transgender students this session just days after Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill that would bar transgender student-athletes from girls’ and women’s sports.
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