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.
We are currently experiencing a problem with our site. We hope to have it fixed as soon as possible. Thanks!
Upcoming Events
| 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. |
| 7/11/2008 | Mature Pride Supper Club at 6:30pm |
| 7/12/2008 | 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 |
| 7/12/2008 | Mature Pride Biking Club on Sundays |
| 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. |
| 7/13/2008 | PFLAG-KC MeetingMeeting begins at 3:00 on July 13 at Village Presbyterian Church 67 and Mission in Prairie Village. Contact: Randy 913-302-0027 for more information. The Special Guest is George W. Turner, LSCSW/LCSW of Turner Professional Group |
| 7/13/2008 | Mature Pride Ballroom Dance ClassesClass will be held beginning: SUNDAY JULY 13, noon-2 pm. FEE: $160 for eight 2-hour classes. Fee needs to be paid on first class, in full, in cash or by check. No credit cards. There is a total of 8 classes |
| 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 |
| 7/19/2008 | Mature Pride Potluck at 6pm |
| 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 |
| 8/02/2008 | Women's Coming Out Group |