Tonight on Transpositive PDX
Kansas Bathroom Bans & the Politics of Erasure
Tuesday @ 6pm
KBOO 90.7 FM or online at kboo.fm
Please join Jean, Sheila, and Emma for a special live episode of Transpositive focusing on the sweeping anti-trans legislation being rushed through the Kansas legislature.
Earlier this week, Erin in the Morning reported that Kansas lawmakers fast-tracked two bills — SB 244 and HB 2426 — using a procedural maneuver known as “gut and go,” effectively cutting the public out of the legislative process. These bills would ban transgender people from using restrooms in public buildings that do not match their sex assigned at birth, while also introducing a dangerous “bathroom bounty” provision that incentivizes members of the public to police one another’s bodies and identities.
Beyond bathroom access, the legislation also threatens to revoke or invalidate state-issued IDs for many trans Kansans, putting basic activities like traveling, voting, and even daily identification at risk. While framed by its supporters as protecting privacy, critics warn the bills do the opposite — fostering fear, confusion, and vigilante enforcement, while targeting both transgender and cisgender people alike.
We’ll talk about:
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What these bills actually do — and how vague language is being used as a weapon
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How anti-democratic tactics are being used to push deeply unpopular laws
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The role of national anti-trans organizations in state-level legislation
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What this moment means for trans people in Kansas and across the country
This conversation isn’t theoretical. These laws affect real people, in real time, and set dangerous precedents well beyond Kansas.
Transpositive is a biweekly program exploring issues important to transgender, gender non-binary, and gender non-conforming communities, connecting listeners to activism, politics, and lived experience in Portland and beyond.
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