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LGBT Resources

KU Student Organizations

Lawrence Links

  • Lawrence Transgender Resources
  • A group for transgender people in lawrence to meet and have a sense of community and solidarity. It is also a place for education and exhange of personal resources.
  • Douglas County AIDS Project
    Provides services for individuals and families affected by HIV and AIDS
  • PFLAG of Lawrence-Topeka
    Email contact to local chapter of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.
  • Lawrence High School Gay-Straight Alliance, Welcomes all LGBT, questioning and straight youth to talk about issues. Meets almost every Friday at 3:05pm in the LHS Library.1901 Louisiana Street Lawrence, KS  66046-2999
    (785) 330-2391, e-mail: ArlaKan@usd497.org , This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Contact: Arla Jones
  • Liberty Press
    Serving Gay and Lesbian Kansans since 1994
  • Kansas Equality Coalition
    The Kansas Equality Coalition is a unified statewide group of fair-minded people who are determined to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
  • KCAVP
    • The Kansas City Anti-Violence Project (KCAVP) is a Missouri 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation committed to providing domestic violence, sexual assault, and bias crimes advocacy and education to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
  • NetworQ
    NetworQ’s mission is to support, educate, and serve the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community, their friends, families, and allies.

 

Social Links (See Calendar on News and Events page)

 

Hotlines

  • Headquarters Counseling Center
    Our trained volunteer and paid staff improve the emotional well-being and safety of adults and children through readily available counseling, education, and information services.
  • KCAVP
    • The Kansas City Anti-Violence Project (KCAVP) is a Missouri 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation committed to providing domestic violence, sexual assault, and bias crimes advocacy and education to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
  • GLBT National Help Center
    • The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Hotline provides telephone and email peer-counseling, as well as factual information and local resources for cities and towns across the United States.All of our services are free and confidential.

 

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Kansas City Links

  • http://www.kcgayfilmfest.com
    The 2009 Kansas City Gay and Lesbian Film Festival runs from June 26th to July 2nd. The festival takes place at the Tivoli Cinemas in Westport. Please see the link above for more details.
  • KCAVP
    • The Kansas City Anti-Violence Project (KCAVP) is a Missouri 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation committed to providing domestic violence, sexual assault, and bias crimes advocacy and education to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
  • http://www.campkc.com/
    Camp is a bi-weekly newspaper for the LGBT and allied communities in greater Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri. They distribute copies of Camp in Lawrence, Topeka and other cities in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska. Copies are free.
  • http://www.hmckc.org/
    Kansas City's gay male choral group
  • http://www.lgcc-kc.org/
    Out in KC
  • http://www.outinkansascity.com/
  • http://www.pflagkc.org/http://www.kkfi.org/
    KC chapter of PFLAG
  • http://kansascity.hrc.org/
    Human Rights Campaign-Kansas City Steering Committee
  • http://www.kkfi.org/
    The Tenth Voice is a LGBT radio program on Kansas City's KKFI (90.1 FM) Saturdays from 1:00-2:00 PM. Difficult (but possible) to receive a signal in some parts of Lawrence.

Topeka Area Links

  • Kansas Equality Coalition
    Kansas Equality Coalition of Topeka, Inc., formerly Equal Justice Coalition, formed in September 2002 after the Topeka City Council voted against expanding the Human Relations Ordinance to include protection from discrimination to all citizens based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
  • Topeka Transgender Alliance: meets twice monthly, email: topekatgalliance@yahoogroups.com for more information. 
  • Douglas County AIDS Project
    Provides services for individuals and families affected by HIV and AIDS

Kansas Links

Missouri Links

  • Vital Voice
    St. Louis lgbt news
  • PROMO
    Missouri state civil rights organization focused on lgbt issues

Other Midwestern Links

Transgender-Specific Resources

KU-related:

Friends and Family Resources:

  • http://www.genderspectrumfamily.org/
    Gender Spectrum Family is an organization dedicated to the education and support of families raising gender variant, gender non-conforming, gender-fluid, crossgender, and transgender children and adolescents.
  • http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=380&srcid=194
    PFLAG TNET focuses on support for transgender people and their parents, families, and friends; education on transgender facts and issues; and advocacy for equal rights for the transgender community at local and national levels.
  • http://www.transparentcy.org/AboutUs.htm
    TransParentcy's mission is to support the Transgender Parent, and their advocates (lawyers, mental health professionals, friends, family) by providing information and resources to diffuse and/or disspell the myths about any adverse impact being transgendered/transsexual might have on one's children.
  • http://colage.org/programs/trans/
    Do you have (or did you have) one or more transgender parent(s)? Our Kids of Trans program is for you! COLAGE recognizes that people with transgender parents share many of the same experiences with children of lesbian, gay, and/or bisexual parents.
  • http://www.imatyfa.org/
    TYFA empowers children and families by partnering with educators, service providers and communities, to develop supportive environments in which gender may be expressed and respected. We envision a society free of suicide and violence in which ALL children are respected and celebrated.

 

LGBT Online/Print Press and News

National and International Organizations

Spiritual Links

Ecumenical Christian Ministries
1204 Oread
Lawrence, KS 66044
(785) 843-4933
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Web: www.ku.edu/~ecmku
Pastor: Thad Holcombe

First United Methodist Church
946 Vermont
Lawrence, KS 66044
(785) 841-7500
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Web: www.fumclawrence.org
Contact: Carol Abrahamson
Senior Pastor: Tom Brady

• Sunday services: Traditional: 8:30am, 11am; Contemporary: 10:45am in Brady Hall; and 9:30am at 867 Hwy 40.

Plymouth Congregational Church
925 Vermont
Lawrence, KS 66044
(785) 843-3220
Web: www.plymouthlawrence.com

• Sunday services: Traditional Worship 9:30am, Contemporary Worship 11:15am.

Lutheran Campus Ministry
18 E. 13th St.
Lawrence, KS 66044
(785) 843-4948
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Pastor: Shawn Norris

• Worship services Sundays at 5pm with a free meal following.

LGBT Religious Groups

Students

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Other Links of Interest

  • Commercial closet
    Site exploring lgbt presence in print and television advertising, both past and present
  • In the Life
    Monthly PBS television news program. Check the website for air dates on Topeka's and Kansas City's PBS stations!"
  • http://www.queer-arts.org/
    Queer Arts Resource has produced over 50 exhibitions that suggest the range, depth, and importance of queer artistic expression.