House committee debates restroom restrictions for transgender Missourians

By: Annelise Hanshaw

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: March 3, 2026

Words: 974

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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With blonde hair flowing over her shoulders and spilling onto a blousy blue mini dress, Landon Patterson sat in front of the Missouri House Emerging Issues Committee Monday.

The committee was debating bills that sought to separate public restrooms and changing rooms by sex as assigned at birth, rather than gender identity. The bills varied in scope, but they all would require Patterson to use the men’s restroom, which she hasn’t used in over a …

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