FAMILY LAW TRACK | Transgender Issues for Missouri Practitioners and Related Legislative Action (Qualifies for 1.0 Ethics & 1.0 Bias hour)

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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.