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- 1 2 3 Wiggins, Christopher (18 October 2022). "This Bisexual Kansas Legislator Wants to Get Stuff Done". advocate.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ↑ Mipro, Rachel (8 February 2023). "New Kansas bill would set cap on insulin prices, restrict costs for diabetes equipment". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ↑ Levin, Sarah (10 September 2024). "Representation Matters: Kansas State Representative Heather Meyer". TheHumanist.com. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ↑ "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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