More LGBTQ People Than Ever Made List of Top Jewish Leaders
The Forward, America’s leading Jewish newspaper, has selected several LGBTQ individuals for its list of the 50 most influential Jewish leaders of the year. […]
2015
A Look at PROMO's Agenda
PROMO is doing a series of small gatherings called the Mosaic Dinner Parties. These are intimate-group fundraising and awareness-building events. […]
Ask Lambda Legal: What Does ‘Intersex’ Mean?
Intersex is an umbrella term used to describe a wide range of natural bodily variations. Intersex people are born with sex characteristics that do not fit typical binary notions of bodies designated “male” or “female.” In some cases, intersex traits are visible at birth, and in others, they are not apparent until puberty. Some intersex variations may not be visibly apparent at all. […]
In Memorium – Denise Whithorne
Denise Whithorne passed away Nov. 3. Her family writes on her Facebook page that she died peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Whithorne was an extremely talented photographer who shot several covers of Camp and was a fixture at the Missouri Gay Rodeo Association Show-Me State Rodeo for many years. […]
Minding Your Health – Happy? Assess Your Tribe
Congratulations, you have survived another family Thanksgiving. Or if you are truly blessed, you experienced a day of warmth and closeness with the people you cherish and who cherish you. Holidays sharply focus the need to belong, to be safe, to be connected. […]
The Camp 10 – Jeff Smith
Well, I’m not sure where the fall went, but it’s time to think about turkeys and stuffing (YEE-HAW!), and then about rushing out to buy that last-minute gift, dipping into the eggnog, and celebrating. But before I get to any of that, I am sharing my next interview with you. This month, I interviewed ally Jeff Smith. Jeff is an actor, model, and man of all trades in the Kansas City area (ooh, does that sound bad??). […]
Thought-Provoking ‘Test’ Explores the Early Days of AIDS
In mid-1980s San Francisco, any and every unusual mark – every blemish on your body – was cause for concern. This was the reality for scores of people worrying whether they had been exposed to AIDS and were seeing the lesions of AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma. […]
‘In the Grayscale’ Captures the Push-Pull of Attraction
“When you’re gay, it’s real easy: If the person you like is gay, there are good chances, obviously. But if the person you like isn’t gay, well … accept that it won’t happen and that’s it – no stress,” Fernando tells his new boyfriend, Bruno, about picking a potential partner. “The stressful part is falling in love with someone who’s somewhere in the wide range of grays.” […]
Musicality – Adele, Audra Day, Troye Sivan, Kylie
Adele still has it. She proved it with the first peek at this album when she released “Hello.” Some say she has gone too mainstream pop, and that might be true for one or two of the songs, but the album as a whole is great. It’s hard to top her previous album, 21, and I don’t think she does that here. […]