Gender Equality
How Can We Protect Safe Spaces and LGBTQ+ People in Kansas City?
Activists Justice Horn and Dakota Allen share how Kansas City can be a safer city for the LGBTQ+ community after two pellet gun shootings at Fountain Haus.
Lawrence Follows KC in Becoming a Transgender Safe Haven
Lawrence City Commission has passed an ordinance declaring the city a transgender safe haven, following a similar step taken by Kansas City in May.
Drag Queens Persevere in Face of anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation in Kansas and Missouri
The Kansas City and Lawrence drag community is persevering in the face of a wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation in Kansas and Missouri. Here’s how.
Lavender Farm Supports Organization Battling Sex Trafficking
“Joe never gives up on a plant,” Jenny Steineger said as her husband parted a seemingly dead lavender bush to reveal new growth at its core. An unseasonably early winter cold snap resulted in a rather puny harvest for the Steinegers at Lavender Hill Farm in Kansas City, Kansas. “That’s farming,” she said with a…
Pondering KC’s Quest to Become a Transgender ‘Safe Haven’
Kansas City’s quest to become a “safe haven” in the wake of anti-transgender legislation in Missouri turns on raw politics and vexing legal questions.