Sasha Velour Blends Art, Magic and Drag in a Live Show
Known as RuPaul’s Drag Race royalty and the queen of reveals, Sasha Velour is coming to Kansas City on Nov. 6 to perform in her one-queen show Smoke & Mirrors. Her partner and stage manager […]
October 2019
Bookworm Sez – Preventing Your Furry Friend from Going Missing
Where the Lost Dogs Go: A Story of Love, Search, and the Power of Reunion, by Susannah Charleson, c. 2019, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 320 pages The panic can’t be described. Your dog is missing. […]
Musicality – Post Malone; Gryffin & Carly Rae Jepsen; Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey Norman Fucking Rockwell (Polydor/Interscope) The queen of sad pop has returned, and now this album is my official playlist for the beginning of autumn. The album is somber in a way that […]
Is PrEP Forgetting the LGBT Community?
If you’re a member of the LGBT community, you’re affected by HIV/AIDS in many ways. And if you needed information related to AIDS/HIV when the crisis emerged, there was only one reliable place that you could […]
On the Sisters’ Community Service List: Pub-Crawl!
The City of Fountains Sisters’ third annual Pub Crawl will begin at 7 p.m. Oct. 26, and this year’s theme is Purgatory. The group is affiliated with the international Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Andy Chambers, […]
Newly Renamed Chamber Has a New Role for Suzanne Wheeler
The Mid-America Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce officially launched its new name at a reception on Sept. 12. It will now be known as the Mid-America LGBT Chamber of Commerce. On May 31, 2012, […]
Health and Fitness – Awash in Horror
It’s nearly Halloween. Here’s some healthy escapist entertainment – and a story for all you goblins out there. I was taking a shower. I was all alone that evening and washing away the day’s worries, […]
Samantha’s Corner – KCCI Job Fair Was a Hit, and So Was Sitting in the Buck O’Neil Seat
October is LGBT History Month, and we at the Kansas City Center for Inclusion have been making history in 2019. Earlier this year, we held the city’s first job fair for the LGBTQ+ community, with […]
Luxx Looking Like a Million Bucks
Lana Luxx snatched the crown as the winner of Hamburger Mary’s Drag Survivor Season 3 this past August. Luxx won over 10 other seasoned queens and kings of Kansas City’s drag community competing in this […]
Event Will Mark the 10th Anniversary of LGBT Archive’s Founding
The reception for an exhibit opening at Gay & Lesbian Archive of Mid-America (GLAMA) will also celebrate 10 years of discovery, preservation and research at the archive, which started in late 2009. The new exhibit […]