Transgender bathroom bill approved in Kansas veto expected

TOPEKA, Kan. – A Kansas bill that would bar transgender people from using public bathrooms or changing their name or gender on their driver’s license cleared the GOP-controlled Legislature on Tuesday by margins suggesting backers could override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s expected veto. The state Senate voted 28-12 with one vote more than a two-thirds majority that would be needed to overturn any veto, giving final passage to an earlier House-passed version of the legislation and sending it to the governor. The measure deals with bathrooms, locker rooms and other facilities, and defines “sex” as “either male or female, at…