What new Missouri legislation allows — and doesn’t allow — for trans youth
Lawmakers in Kansas and Missouri weighing bills that target the LGBTQ community. - The Kansas City Star/Kansas City Star/TNS

ST. LOUIS — Out of the numerous legislative proposals to restrict medications and surgeries for transgender youths that were debated and amended by Missouri lawmakers this legislative session, one bill was approved Wednesday that will be making its way to the governor’s desk to become law. Left in the wake is some confusion over how Missouri families and their providers will be affected. “We definitely heard from the community all throughout the day and continue to hear from the community that people are scared about what this means for them,” said Robert Fischer, spokesman for the gay and tra...