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    University of Kansas expands transgender student health care

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    By KMAN Staff on March 1, 2019 State News
    A bus passes in front of Strong Hall, an administrative building, Monday, Nov. 16, 2015 on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence, Kan. As protesters sought and won leadership change at the University of Missouri last week, students on the University of Kansas campus 165 miles west were continuing their own months-long effort to shift focus to what they describe as a lack of support for minority students and a tolerance for racism. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

    LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas is expanding care for transgender students at its campus health center.

    The Kansas City Star reports that transgender students will now be able to start and continue hormone therapy through the university’s student health center, Watkins Health Services.

    Transgender students seeking services related to gender transition previously had limited health care options at the school, often having to leave campus for the evaluations and lab work needed to begin the process.

    Student Senate President Noah Ries says students looking to start hormone therapy were forced to take buses or find rides to Kansas City for doctor’s appointments.

    Watkins Director Doug Dechairo says the university’s student health insurance plan will cover the services performed at the health center. The center will also coordinate treatment with counseling staff.

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