Lawmakers in Kentucky’s legislature on Wednesday passed into law S.B. 150—a bill that prevents minors from accessing transgender procedures—having voted to override Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of the measure.
The move means that Kentucky is the 11th state in the country to ban transgender procedures for minors. It becomes the eighth state to do so this year.
Proposed by state Sen. Max Wise, S.B. 150 (pdf) bars children under 18 from accessing transgender procedures such as puberty blockers, hormone therapies, surgeries—such as castration, penectomy, and mastectomy—and other gender transitioning services.
The new state law also bans teachers in public schools through the fifth grade from raising in the classroom topics related to human sexuality, such as those about sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression….