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Transgender men in Kansas ‘compliance crew’ use women's bathrooms to protest state law
4+ hour, 35+ min ago (627+ words) The transgender men have gathered at locations across Kansas to do a sort of protest by complying with the law. They use the women’s bathroom — the restroom of their assigned biological sex at birth. The SB244 Compliance Crew — named after the…...
Lawrence drag performers to host Vote No Drag Show days before primary election
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (493+ words) Hosted by local drag performers Vantas and Marie Queerie, the Vote No Drag Show and Benefit will have tabling, community outreach and performances aimed at educating local voters on the upcoming vote for a proposed change to how Kansas Supreme…...
Kansas attorney general asks Lawrence, 2 other cities to undo conversion therapy bans
3+ week, 1+ day ago (745+ words) Attorney General Kris Kobach sent letters Thursday to city officials in Lawrence, Prairie Village and Roeland Park, requesting they respond within 60 days to indicate whether they nullified their bans on conversion therapy. The collection of practices known as conversion therapy…...
Lawrence middle schooler gives lesbian community in Kansas City a national stage – The Lawrence Times
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (888+ words) Éabha Klinksick, a 13-year-old West Middle School student heading into eighth grade, competed in the National History Day’s national contest with a project about Womontown, an intentional lesbian community in Kansas City. Their spoken-word project, “Breaking Ground: Womontown,” won the…...
Transgender employee at KU reported for using the bathroom
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1499+ words) Staff at the University of Kansas are starting to enforce an anti-transgender bathroom bill. Siobhán Kirchstein spent Friday evening at Harbor Lights unwinding with friends. She got off work early that day after she received an email from Katie Varner,…...
Learn about Lawrence queer history at an upcoming social
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (268+ words) TLF is a local mutual aid organization formerly known as the Trans Protection Party. Their Lawrence Queer History Social is billed as a night of education, history and free cocktails. It starts at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 11 at the Ecumenical Campus Ministries,…...
Clay Wirestone: As Pride Month dawns, Kansas governor helps celebrate rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker (Column)
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (878+ words) Note: The Lawrence Times runs opinion columns written by community members with varying perspectives on local issues. Occasionally, we’ll also pick up columns from other nearby news outlets. These pieces do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Times staff....
Lawrence PRIDE parade, party coming up; events planned all month
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (496+ words) The annual PRIDE parade will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 6 at Seventh and Massachusetts streets in downtown Lawrence. The route will head south to South Park, where a family-friendly block party open to all ages will begin immediately. The party will…...
KU Theatre’s ‘The Laramie Project’ draws connections between 1998 anti-gay hate crime, modern Lawrence
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (886+ words) For Clementine, the story feels less like distant history and more like something Lawrence could experience. The shows are sold out, but an in-person waiting list opens up an hour before each performance. The play opens at 7 p.m. Friday, April 24 in…...
Lawrence community members, area activists rally and march for trans rights
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (721+ words) Several dozen people gathered to voice their concerns about Senate Bill 244, which invalidates transgender people’s corrected driver’s licenses and criminalizes trans people who use bathrooms that align with their gender identity rather than bathrooms that align with their sex assigned…...