Folks hold up pink white and blue signs that read "We Are Still Here" at a transgender rights protest in Kansas City.
Amid attacks from legislators and state officials in both Kansas and Missouri, folks in Kansas City protest the rights of transgender and gender non-binary folks to access care. (Cody Boston | Flatland)

Flatland’s Top 50 Stories From 2023: 30-26

December 27, 2023  |    |  1 min read

Flatland is taking a journey through our recent past during the holiday season, presenting 50 of our most popular, impactful or interesting stories of 2023 in chronological order between Dec. 23 and Jan. 1.

This is the fifth installment, featuring stories that first appeared between May 18 and June 21.

From May 18

‘Transas City’: KC Offers Sanctuary Amid Anti-Trans Push  A loud clatter of skateboards, abandoned by riders grinning at a near wipeout, interrupts conversations among friends and new acquaintances.   It’s the first time Late-Nite Bite, a monthly sober and queer event, has set up shop at Goofball Sk8boards…

From May 28

Gay Priest Shepherds Nontraditional ‘Catholic’ Church Fr. Taylor W. Tracy is married. To a man. And he is leading a nontraditional “Catholic” church on Kansas City’s West Side that is exceptionally ecumenical.

From June 8

South Loop Link Plan On Course to Line Up $115M in Funding Kansas City is poised to contribute $10 million to the South Loop Link project. Backers hope to raise more $115 million for the four-block park by year’s end.

From June 15

Kansas City Starts Down a Long Road to Black Reparations Kansas City is embarking on a difficult quest to consider and create reparations to address harm the city has caused and perpetuated for its Black residents.

From June 21

Grimm Tattoo Reopens in West Bottoms After Devastating Fire Grimm Tattoo has relocated its shop and museum to the West Bottoms after a devastating fire destroyed its Midtown location in April.

Check back tomorrow for top stories from June 22 through July 11.

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