Kansas City LGBTQIA

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Kansas City Area Has All-Stars and Also-Rans in Terms of LGBTQ Support

Several Kansas City area communities scored highly for local LGBTQ equity and inclusion efforts in the latest Municipal Equality Index report published by the Human Rights Campaign.

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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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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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Say Their Names

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

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For Openly Gay Clergy, the Goal Is To Keep the Momentum

The Rev. Donna Simon says being a female member of the clergy sometimes is tougher than being a gay member. And Rabbi Javier Cattapan says his professional difficulties have more to do with being an immigrant from Argentina with an accent than with being gay. Those are signs of the welcome reality that many religious…

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