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Trans rights activist talks resistance, resilience at Pride Month lecture
By Ethan Evans on April 15, 2019
Trans rights activist Kylar Broadus spoke to UMKC students last Wednesday as part of UMKC’s Campus Pride Month. Broadus discussed the importance of resistance and...
Blue, gold and rainbow: UMKC Pride Month events in April
By Haley Sakuma on April 9, 2019
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...
Activist embraces themes of identity, equality at Pride Month lecture
By U-News on April 16, 2018
Jordyn Bensyl UMKC’s LGBTQIA Affairs Council welcomed DeRay Mckesson to campus Tuesday night for the 2018 pride month lecture. Mckesson is an American social rights...
MasQUEERade Reinvents Prom for LGBT Students
By Kara Lewis on April 25, 2017
UMKC students and community members of all genders and sexual orientations danced, laughed and kissed under shimmering, rainbow strobe lights Thursday at Californo’s. The diverse...
Angelica Ross Amps Up Pride Month’s Inspiration
By Kara Lewis on April 20, 2017
LGBTQIA Pride Month lecturer Angelica Ross emphasized her most dazzling trait as she strutted on stage at Pierson Auditorium Wednesday night: her confidence. Ross mouthed...

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Trans rights activist talks resistance, resilience at Pride Month lecture