Roeland Park adopts gender transition policy in contrast to Kansas' new anti-trans laws

A new Kansas law is set to take effect July 1 that ties the state’s legal definitions of male, female, man and woman to a person’s sex assigned at birth. Roeland Park's new policy specifies that city employees can use restrooms and other facilities that align with their gender identity.
The Roeland Park City Council last week unanimously approved adding a gender transition policy to the city’s employee handbook.

The council’s action came as a new state law is set to take effect July 1 that ties the state’s legal definitions of male, female, man and woman to a person’s sex assigned at birth.

The law defines women as people whose reproductive systems produce ova and men as people whose reproductive systems fertilize ova.