Subject: LGBT Issues

• Teen Club

  February 12, 2009

• Best Gay and Lesbian Film Section

  January 27, 2000

• Best Gay and Lesbian Publication

  January 27, 2000

• PitchForks

  February 17, 2000

• Mail

  February 17, 2000

• Letters

  October 26, 2000

• Letters

  January 4, 2001

• Letters

  March 15, 2001

• Best Play

  October 18, 2001

• Canine Mutiny

  June 27, 2002

• Domestic Disturbance

  November 21, 2002

• Spit It Out

  July 3, 2003

• Best Local Writer

  October 9, 2003

• Wedded Blitz

  July 1, 2004

• Queer Abatement

  August 12, 2004

• Best Expression of Solidarity

  October 7, 2004

• Call and Response

  February 24, 2005

• Slim for Life

  November 16, 2006

• Milk

  December 11, 2008

• No Fortunate Son

  Barry Winchell first fell victim to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," then to a fellow soldier's baseball bat. Now the Army claims it's not at fault.

  December 14, 2000

• War Game

  February 9, 2006

• He's Gay; He Rocks

  April 23, 2009

• Doubting the Benefits

  Hallmark rejects gays’ request for partners’ insurance.

  April 26, 2001

• A Grim Fairy Tale

  Gay men suffer an identity crisis in the New Theatre Restaurant's Norman, Is That You?

  March 1, 2001

• Out of This World

  A film about gay and lesbian ministers ordains this fall's Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.

  October 19, 2000

• Gay Studies

  Kansas City's chapter of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network teaches Respect 101.

  October 12, 2000

• Pink-Triangle Dancing

  Swing your partner round and round with the Sho-Me Squares.

  July 27, 2000

• GLAAD to be gay

  The Kansas City Gay and Lesbian Film Festival heats up with a 14-day stay at the Tivoli Cinemas at Manor Square.

  June 22, 2000

• The other 'F word'

  Eminem's mind-blowing Marshall Mathers LP, filled with homophobic and misogynist content as well as musical brilliance, promises to spark feverish free-speech debates.

  June 1, 2000

• Outing the census

  Gay and lesbian couples want out of Uncle Sam's closet.

  April 20, 2000

• Gray matter

  Local filmmaker Tim DePaepe documents the lifestyle of gays in Kansas -- and those who disapprove -- in Shades of Gray.

  March 30, 2000

• Talking Circle brings 'two-spirited' Native Americans together

  February 10, 2000

• LGBT Community Picnic

  May 14, 2009

• KC Police Board reinstates domestic partner benefits, ACLU says

  Just noticed an e-mail from the ACLU saying that the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners voted today to reinstate domestic partner benefits. Here's the full e-mail:Many thanks to ACLU members and supporters plus our coalition partners at PROMO, Four Freedoms, the Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City. The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners voted to reinstate domestic partner benefits at its meeting this morning, May 14th, 2009. Special thanks goes to commissioners, Karl Zo

  May 14, 2009

• John Danforth has tried to save the GOP from itself. Now, by endorsing Roy Blunt, he’s sold his soul.

  June 25, 2009

• Documentary Night

  February 12, 2009

• Friendly Drinks

  January 15, 2009

• KC volunteer assaulted at Omaha Gay Pride

  From a distance, the elderly gentleman with two hearing aids and a rainbow-covered wagon looked like another festive participant in Omaha's Gay Pride parade. That's what Kendra Konrady thought, at least. KC volunteers at the Omaha Gay Pride Parade On June 20, the Kansas City resident traveled to Nebraska as a volunteer with the Human Rights Campaign, a national advocacy organization that pushes gay and lesbian equality issues. She was walking along the Gay Pride Parade route, handing out

  June 29, 2009

• Art Out

  July 9, 2009

• A SAFE HAVEN FOR CHANGE

  August 27, 2009

• TODAY IS THE DAY

  October 8, 2009

• GLAAD wants NFL to punish Larry Johnson

  Photo by Scott SpychalskiLarry Johnson​A couple of gay slurs used by Chiefs running back Larry Johnson has the president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation calling for the NFL to punish the fading star, reports TMZ.GLADD president Jarrett Barrio told TMZ: "All too often this is the word that is used to ridicule and harass young gay and transgender athletes on local sports fields across America."Professional athletes who use this word need to be held accountable for feeding a cl

  October 27, 2009

• Pride on Film

  October 29, 2009

• TMZ: Larry Johnson's agent didn't know homophobic slurs were offensive?

  Photo by Scott SpychalskiLarry Johnson​TMZ quotes Larry Johnson's agent claiming that he didn't know that using "fag" or "faggots" is offensive. Here's what TMZ says agent Peter Schaffer had to say about the now-suspended Chiefs running back's repeated use of homophobic slurs: "We know the N-word is unacceptable, that's not disputable -- but f*g? I'm learning that there's a segment of our society that finds it offensive and that it should not be used. I didn't realize that, but I do know now..

  October 30, 2009

• Freedom Players

  November 5, 2009

• News flash: Gay marriage is a conservative cause!

  ​In one way, it was surprising to see what might appear to be a blasphemous argument coming from the Missouri Record, a journal of politics and policy put out by the conservative Missourians for Responsible Government.But there it was, yesterday, a post headlined "Economics of Gay Marriage."In the post, Stephen Eisele, a Springfield political consultant and Obama delegate to last year's Democratic National Convention, notes that despite some recent electoral reversals for gay marriage, the gen

  November 13, 2009

• Kings of Johnson County

  November 19, 2009

• Trans-activist Kate Bornstein will make you question your gender

  Kate Bornstein leans back in her chair, legs spread, teal-painted fingernails and tattooed hand partially covering the girly design on her baby-tee top. A black and white wrist cuff with anarchy symbols and a gigantic, gem studded watch peek out under a sheer white sleeves. The 61-year-old, male-to-female transsexual writer and performance artist is surrounded by framed photographs of local leaders in the still-empty Alumni Room at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. But she's grinning about

  November 19, 2009