Gender Equality

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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.

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LGBT-supportive companies in KC

8 KC Companies Rank ‘Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality’

These eight companies scored as the top businesses in KC for LGBT equality.

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Latina Veteran Pursues Healing Through Poetry

For Iraq War veteran Lucky Garcia, poetry has become a form of therapy and fuel for her activism in Kansas City.

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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.

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Bleed Through chronicles the work of a nonprofit that helps Kansas inmates build their confidence through various artistic mediums, including theater.

Getting Out, Staying Out

Missouri and Kansas are struggling to reduce recidivism, which is a major contributor to overcrowded prisons.

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