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- 1 2 3 "Heather Meyer's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- 1 2 Wiggins, Christopher (18 October 2022). "This Bisexual Kansas Legislator Wants to Get Stuff Done". advocate.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ↑ "Kansas should be 'more like what Ron DeSantis has in Florida,' Schmidt tells rally". The Kansas City Star. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
Heather Meyer, an Overland Park Democrat and the first openly bisexual member of the Kansas House of Representatives
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