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Foster v. Andersen

Foster v. Andersen

Status:

Open

Court:

U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Issues:

Transgender and Nonbinary Rights

Clients:

Luc Bensimon
Nyla Foster
Jessica Hicklin
C.K.
K-Step

Learn more about the clients here.

Attorneys:

Lambda Legal:
Omar Gonzalez-Pagan
Kara Ingelhart

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner:
Jim Lawrence

Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging Kansas’ refusal to correct the gender marker on birth certificates for transgender individuals. At the time of the filing, Kansas was one of just three states, along with Tennessee and Ohio, that had yet to change this extremely regressive and outdated policy.

Lambda Legal represents four transgender individuals born in Kansas and one organizational plaintiff, Kansas Statewide Transgender Education Project, Inc. (K-STEP).