Sandy Woodson

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Stories by Sandy Woodson

Denslow Brown working on Womyn's Land.

‘Womyn’s Land’: A Rural Version of ‘Womontown’

Like Womontown, Womyn's Land was created as a place for lesbians who wanted to withdraw from an oppressive "mainstream world" to feel safe and empowered.

The 2020 World AIDS Day Mural

Kansas City’s World AIDS Day Mural Delivers a Message: Stigma = Hate

A new mural created by the AIDS Service Foundation of Greater Kansas City seeks to destigmatize being HIV-positive.

Say Their Names

Kansas City marks Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020.

Kirk Nelson's designs

Out of the Closet

With the loss of the West 18th Street Fashion show this June where is anyone to go to get their fashion fix? If you miss the glamour, color, humor and sparkle there is no better group to talk with than the designers of drag fashion.

Joe Bussell artwork

InterUrban ArtHouse Takes LGBTQIA Show Online During Pride Month

The InterUrban ArtHouse is taking “Exhibition: the Queer Experience,”its LGBTQIA show beginning this Friday online.

Calvary Temple Baptist Church

Witnessing World AIDS Day

“You observe World AIDS Day, you don't celebrate it,” Reverend Eric D. Williams clarified, “you use this day as an opportunity to educate and prevent the spread of the disease because it is not over.”

Pride flags. Springfield Pride Parage 2019.

Say Their Names

Kansas Citians who work with or identify as transgender share some common misconceptions about the transgender community.

Stuart Hinds, curator of GLAMA

Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America Celebrates a Decade

The Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America (GLAMA) has been quietly collecting material documenting the LGBT experience in the region for nearly a decade.

darrel, jessica, lance, and the dog sadie

Opening Up About Coming Out

It has been more than two decades since Darrel Brenneke broke the news to his mother that he was gay, but the memory still brings him to tears. He knew his mom would worry that this was a death sentence, since it had not been that long since his brother had died of AIDS. But…

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