The Kentucky Senate passed a bill banning transgender surgeries and hormone therapy for minors. The bill defines sex as the “biological indication of male and female as evidenced by sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, and nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present at birth” and notes that medical professionals shall not affirm “a minor’s perception of, the minor’s sex, if that appearance or perception is inconsistent with the minor’s sex.” Democrat Governor Andy Beshear is expected to veto the bill, although the veto may be overturned by a Republican majority.
From The Blaze:
In terms of pronoun usage at schools, the bill says that educators cannot "require or recommend policies or procedures for the use of pronouns that do not conform to a student's biological sex," and local school districts cannot require students or personnel to use preferred pronouns, either. It is also instructed in the bill that educators shall not require or recommend that schools "keep any student information confidential from a student's parents," saying that schools cannot "adopt policies or procedures with the intent of keeping any student information confidential from parents."
