Today, in the midst of LGBTQ Pride Month, we welcome and celebrate this latest acknowledgement that rights extended to all Americans include those of us in the LGBTQ community. This is one more step...

Late last week, Equality Kansas mailed questionnaires to all declared candidates for the Kansas Legislature, United States Congress, United States Senate, and the Kansas State Board of Education. At the time of this post, we have already received a dozen completed questionnaires in email and snail-mail. Of the 384 candidates to whom we sent questionnaires, we expect to see approximately half completed and returned by the July 6 deadline.

June typically marks the start of Pride celebrations across the globe; a celebration that has its origins in a New York City riot. Celebrations this month look very different with COVID-19. It is...

UPDATE: Because of the COVID-19 emergency, the Kansas Legislature will be adjourning early.  Our hearing has been cancelled.  We'll work for a new hearing next year. We have finally won the right to...

This week we may see an attempt to pull the Senate's Medicaid expansion bill out of committee. We OPPOSE that bill as it's been amended. As amended by the Senate Health committee, the Medicaid...

Earlier this week, Equality Kansas obtained a draft of a bill that targets transgender middle-school and high-school students. Like many bills being introduced by homophobic, right-wing lawmakers...

Start End Description Where 9:00 AM 4:00 PM Check-in 2nd Floor Rotunda 9:00 AM 9:30 AM Policy briefing Room 287-N 9:30 AM 10:30 AM Conversion Therapy Bill Intro Room 118-N (Senate Committee on...

In Kansas, it is legal to fire someone for being gay. It's legal to evict someone for being lesbian. It's legal to refuse to serve someone who is transgender. We have made progress in a number of...

(Originally posted by Equality Kansas to Equality Kansas News) Tuesday, November 5, is the date for the general election.  Early and absentee voting began this week.  Our endorsements for the...