Kansas enacts transgender athletes ban as lawmakers override Gov Laura Kelly veto

TOPEKA, Kan. — After years of failed efforts, Kansas legislators successfully enacted a bill to ban transgender athletes in women’s sports over the veto of Gov. Laura Kelly, joining 19 other states with similar measures. The Kansas Legislature on Wednesday voted to overide the Democratic governor’s third veto in three years of a bill to ban transgender athletes and came a day after state lawmakers passed a ‘bathroom bill.’ The bill bans transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports from kindergarten through college. It is the latest push of several anti-trans bills introduced by Republican legislators in the…