All posts tagged "LGBTQ"
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Opinion: What does human trafficking look like in Kansas City?
Picture in your mind our city—all of it—the highways, parks, diverse neighborhoods, schools and businesses from Lees Summit to Olathe, KCK to the West Bottoms,...
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UMKC Pride Alliance kicks off the new academic year
UMKC’s Pride Alliance packed into Oak Street Residence Hall last Friday to kick off the new academic year. About two dozen students showed up to...
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Blue, gold and rainbow: UMKC Pride Month events in April
LGBT+ student organizations and LGBTQIA Programs and Services are teaming up to provide a month of educational, social and advocacy-based events for the annual Pride...
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You better work! Local queens turn it out for on-campus drag show
Tens! Tens! Tens across the board! UMKC’s Delta Lambda Phi fraternity hosted its second annual drag show on campus last week to raise money for...
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UMKC fraternity provides positive experience for LGBTQ+ men
On college campuses across America, Greek life has cultivated a reputation and culture of its own. But for UMKC’s newest fraternity, breaking into this world...
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LGBTQIA programs and services finds new assistant director
Nell Gross After starting the school year with a vacancy, the assistant director of LGBTQIA programs and services position has finally been filled. Kari Jo...
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UMKC Welcomes Christine Chávez, Granddaughter of Civil Rights Icon
UMKC’s Division of Diversity and Inclusion hosted the 10th Annual César Chávez lecture Thursday Night with a speech from the late civil rights leader’s granddaughter,...
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Students and Colleagues Remember Dr. Tom Poe
In the days following the passing of Dr. Tom Poe, a beloved professor in the Film and Media Studies Department, students and faculty reflected on...
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From paper to podium: award winning screenwriter emphasizes importance of telling one’s story
Academy-award Milk winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black delivered the 7th Annual Pride Lecture Keynote on Oct. 21 in Pierson Auditorium. The overarching message of his...
