FAMILY LAW TRACK | Transgender Issues for Missouri Practitioners and Related Legislative Action (Qualifies for 1.0 Ethics & 1.0 Bias hour)
Presenters: Brandon Boulware, Boulware Law LLC, Kansas City; Mary Olson, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City
Forum Moderator for Sept. 30 Encore Session: Garnett Matthews, The Missouri Bar, Jefferson City
The following topics will be discussed:
- Treating transgender people with respect means treating them according to their gender identity, not the sex they were assigned at birth.
- Language matters: Using a person’s chosen name and pronouns.
- Changing names and amending gender markers on government-issued identification documents: the basics.
- Legislative action impacting trans Missourians.