![]() (As of mid-February, Oklahoma had overtaken Missouri in the ACLU database with 34 bills. One, as part of a broader “Teachers Bill of Rights,” attempts to protect teachers from reprisals for the pronouns they use. Another would prohibit public or charter schools from offering instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity - broader provisions than the Florida law critics have branded “Don’t Say Gay” for banning such instruction in kindergarten through third grade. That’s 31 such bills covering a wide range of policies, though most of them are identical or similar and concern one of two issues: banning transgender girls from playing on sports teams that match their gender identity and forbidding health-care providers from performing gender-transition procedures on minors. ![]() Greg Razer is the only openly gay member of the Missouri State Senate - the upper chamber of a legislature that, according to the ACLU, by late January led the nation in bills the organization calls anti-LGBTQ.
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