LGBTQ

Kansas City officials are working on a new way to ban so-called "conversion therapy." The move comes just weeks after the Kansas City Council repealed a prior ban on the discredited practice because of a Supreme Court ruling against a similar law in Colorado and a lawsuit from the Missouri Attorney General.

The Kansas Department of Revenue — the state agency that oversees driver's licenses — sent out hundreds of letters invalidating some, but not all, transgender Kansans' licenses. But lawsuits are underway to stop the effort.

City Council members on Thursday repealed a ban on the controversial practice that was first approved in 2019. The split decision comes after a group of Christian counselors and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sued the city.

Plaintiffs had argued the prohibition violates the equal protection and due process clauses of the Missouri Constitution.