Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 14:46:05 -0500 X-Sender: kevyn@pop.ksu.ksu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Kansas Queer News From: kevyn@KSUVM.KSU.EDU (Kevyn Jacobs) Subject: (NGLTF) "Beyond the Beltway" report on Kansas Sender: owner-kqn%vector.casti.com@KSUVM.KSU.EDU Precedence: bulk FROM "BEYOND THE BELTWAY" NATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN TASK FORCE JULY, 1995 ============================ BEYOND THE BELTWAY: STATE OF THE STATES, 1995 A state-by-state survey of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender-related legislation during the 1995 sessions =========================== KANSAS The Republicancontrolled Kansas Shte Legislature adjourned in late May. The state's Governor is a Republican. The Radical Right controls many county Republican parties in Kansas, and more than 25% of the state Republican party's governing body is affiliated with the Radical Right; they do not, however, exercise majority control.~ The State of Kansas does not ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, does not have hate crime laws that include crimes based on any characteristics, and has a sodomy law that applies only to samegender sexual acts. AntiGay Measures * 1995 KS HCR 5009: Amends the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the State of Kansas by adding a new section regarding rights of parenS to direct the upbringing and education of their children. Failed to pass the House. * 1995 KS HB 2173 Lessens requirements for implementation of comprehensive health curriculum by school districts and also lessens the documenting and reporting requirements regarding the health curriculum In its original form, this bill would have mandated school districts to comply with a health curriculum that included teaching tolerance. The bill was weakened to exclude the teaching of tolerance from the curriculum. The gay and lesbian community worked actively against the revised measure. ========================= SUMMARY OF CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS THAT INCLUDE SEXUAL ORIENTATION: KANSAS PROTECTED LOCALES: LAWRENCE Protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation in: * Public Employment * Public Accomodations * Private Employment