The Campaign To Defend Trans Healthcare in Missouri Is Slow Going, on Purpose By Bram Sable-Smith Video by Hannah Norman and Kyle Pyatt Oct. 29, 2026

KFF Health News: The Campaign To Defend Trans Healthcare In Missouri Is Slow Going, On Purpose Reneé Luckfield tries not to knock like a cop. In fact, the 29-year-old spends a lot of time thinking about how to make strangers comfortable when she shows up at their door to talk about transgender healthcare. A syncopated “tap — tap-tap-tap” sounds friendly even when she knocks loudly. In each encounter, she masks her own unease. “Honestly, it’s not something that I’m entirely comfortable with,” Luckfield, a transgender woman, said while walking door to door in this affluent St. Louis suburb. “And it’s not fair that we have to do this work.” (Sable-Smith, 10/29) https://kffhealthnews.org/elections/transgender-healthcare-missouri-canvassing-campaign-midterms/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8z6cKV9qM3QiKT9ivIjxmYOT695OZh-mLfvup_Y6U3Up1HGg0S32ExGgEOIkI2aCtiNu_2MLxg0zp5BO8r5cnW1oLi5Q&_hsmi=446544410&utm_content=446544410&utm_source=hs_email