Welcome to The Lesbian and Gay Community Center!
Thank you for visiting our improved and updated website! Please bookmark to your favorites and come back often. New features include - you can now submit your events directly to the calendar for posting; updated and improved resource directory; special offers for tickets to movies, plus music and theatre events!
The Center is your CENTER for everything GLBT in KC!
- Coming Out support groups
- GLBT resources for health, professional, and legal issues
- GLBT Community resources for those new to the area or new to the community.
- Assisting all GLBT organizations locating event space, recruiting volunteers and promoting events and fundraisers.
Special Thanks to Leo Walters - AmeriPrise Financial, Lana Knedlik and Lisa Brunner
who graciously donated funds to update the website - Thank you!
Additional Thanks to Robyn Walter of Barling Arts, Sharif Wilson for graphics, and Nettie Alford for content and editing.
Upcoming Events
| 7/05/2008 | KKFI 90.1 Community Radio - LGBT Programming11:00 am -WomanSong- Linda Wilson hosts this hour of music by women and for women. http://www.crosscurrentsculture.org/Willow/womansongplaylist.htm 1:00 pm -The Tenth Voice -Join Linda, Jason, Elaine, Mark, Brad, Joe, Anna, Ariean, Luke and David today for the Tenth Voices Open Phone Roundtable discussion on Hot Topics. Listeners are encouraged to call 816-931-5534 to join in on the discussion. http://www.myspace.com/thetenthvoice 2:00 pm - This Way Out - is a summary of some of the major news events in or affecting the lesbian/gay community, compiled from a variety of publications and broadcasts around the world. http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/media/radio/thiswayout/index.html |
| 7/05/2008 | Women's Coming Out GroupWomen's Coming Out Support Group meets the 1st Saturday of the month - Contact Elaine Meizlish for more info at 913-677-5255 or emeizlish@chracounseling.com. Her office is located at 6400 Glenwood, Ste 315, OPKS. |
| 7/08/2008 | Uptown Girls at Bar Natasha 5-7pmUptown Girls Ladies night and happy hour from 5 to 8pm includes a very special prix fixe with wine pairing for $19.11. Co-sponsored by G2G-KC! Followed by Open Mic night with Marilyn Wood. Bar Natasha is located at 1911 Main, KCMO in the Crossroads Art District and now its smoke-free! |
| 7/09/2008 | ACLU2sday MeetingACLU2 - meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at a location to be announced. Visit them on www.myspace.comaclu2. |
| 7/09/2008 | Healthy Transitions Support Group for menHealthy Transitions Support Group - meets from 7-9 p.m on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays each month. Contract Alex, (816) 931-2483 for meeting location. Support group for married & formerly married men who also have sex with men. www.4healthytransitions.org |
| 7/09/2008 | Wednesday Mid-Day Medley with Mark Manning |
| 7/11/2008 | Crossroads Ballet Festival at UMKC Jul 11-12thProfessional dancers from across the country will join forces with Kansas City's nationally recognized talent for an evening of dazzling ballet in the Crossroads Ballet Festival. Audiences will savor ballet favorites from classics such as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and Le Corsaire. Matthew Powell, award winning choreographer and artistic director of the Crossroads Ballet Festival will also premiere his newly choreographed work, The Red Shoes, which is based on the macabre fairy tale about a young woman forced to dance to her death by a pair of magical red shoes. The evening will culminate with the pas de deux from George Balanchine's masterpiece, Stars and Stripes. Tickets are on sale now. |
| 7/12/2008 | ACLU: Search and Leisure PartySearch and Leisure - Probable Cause for a BBQJoin the ACLU2 and musical guests the Hearts of Darkness at The Gossip Inn, 2428 Park Drive, KCK from 4-8pm. Sponsored by Amendment 4. |
| 7/19/2008 | Campus Pride Summer Leadership CampFinally the camp you have been waiting for! Campus Pride organizes the second annual Summer Leadership Camp for LGBT and Ally college students. The five-day camp experience works to develop stronger undergraduate student leaders and safer, more LGBT-friendly colleges and universities. Participants have the opportunity to learn valuable campus organizing skills, coalition building and strategies for creating change at colleges and universities. http://www.campuspride.org/camp.asp WHEN WHERE |
| 8/01/2008 | Join us at The Elms GLBT Weekend Aug 1-2GLBT Friendly Resort, just north of Kansas City. 2008 GLBT Weekend is Aug 1-2 Elms Resort & Spa, 401 Regent St, Excelsior Springs, MO |