Camp 10: Sav Rodgers
Holy cow! March already? I am so happy that the weather is changing to something a bit warmer. This month, I am bringing back someone I’ve featured in Camp10 before, which doesn’t happen very often. […]
transgender
Reinstate the ‘Trans 101’ Library Program
Transgender activism is on the rise here in Kansas City. As members of the LGBTQ community, we welcome our transgender family members under the rainbow umbrella, and we also welcome a local effort to share […]
Health Care and a Safe Space are Central to BlaqOut’s Summit
At BlaqOut’s second annual Empowerment Summit in Kansas City, Dominique Jackson, who stars as Elektra Abundance on the FX television series Pose, was the keynote speaker. Black LGBTQ community members and allies attended the Aug. […]
Our Bodies, Our Minds’ Program Aims to Ease the Transition Process
Area experts in transgender health have developed a novel six-week psycho-educational program with a central goal of normalizing the transition process for transgender individuals. The program, called “Our Bodies, Our Minds,” will be held from […]
Supreme Court Declines Transgender Military Ban Cases but Permits Enforcement of Ban for Now
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OutServe-Servicemembers Legal Defense Network Contact: Andy Blevins, Executive Director (Washington, DC, January 22, 2019) – The U.S. Supreme Court today denied petitions from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asking that […]
How To Fight the Transgender Memo
I wrote my column before the New York Times published an article about the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services memo that sets out a uniform definition of gender. The Times reported: “The agency’s […]
PROMO Issues Statement on Transgender Rights.
Editor’s Note: PROMO, Missouri’s statewide organization advocating for LGBTQ equality, has issued a statement today about the proposed legislation affecting Transgender rights. Steph Perkins, Exec. Dir. of PROMO has included a statement from Mara Keisling, […]
bookworm sez – A Sunny Way of Looking at Things
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality, by Sarah McBride, c. 2018, Crown Archetype, $26, 288 pages Things are never as bad as they seem. There’s always a brighter spot […]
MAGLCC Spotlight – Suzanne Wheeler
Suzanne Wheeler spent 32 years in the Army, retiring as a colonel. A combat veteran, she commanded tank units from platoon to brigade size. At the time of her retirement, Wheeler was the highest-ranking transgender […]