Gender Equality
Local Group Using Billboards to Reach Survivors of Domestic Violence
Safe in Harm’s Way partnered with the Out of Home Advertising Association of America to create billboards to reach survivors of domestic abuse.
Kansas City Area Has All-Stars and Also-Rans in Terms of LGBTQ Support
Several Kansas City area communities scored highly for local LGBTQ equity and inclusion efforts in the latest Municipal Equality Index report published by the Human Rights Campaign.
Rosemary Lowe Remembered as the ‘Strong, Proud Voice of a Movement’
Rosemary Smith Lowe broke color barriers in a segregated city, forged Black political power, raised up neighborhoods and, even in her 70s, could stand as a fulcrum of peace between police and angry youths.
curiousKC | How KC Women Found Power Through Dance
The curiousKC team tracks down the story of The Emergents, a female interpretive dance group during the 1970s.
Out of the Closet
With the loss of the West 18th Street Fashion show this June where is anyone to go to get their fashion fix? If you miss the glamour, color, humor and sparkle there is no better group to talk with than the designers of drag fashion.
8 KC Companies Rank ‘Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality’
These eight companies scored as the top businesses in KC for LGBT equality.
Latina Veteran Pursues Healing Through Poetry
For Iraq War veteran Lucky Garcia, poetry has become a form of therapy and fuel for her activism in Kansas City.
Say Their Names
Kansas Citians who work with or identify as transgender share some common misconceptions about the transgender community.
Getting Out, Staying Out
Missouri and Kansas are struggling to reduce recidivism, which is a major contributor to overcrowded prisons.