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The University of Kansas informed students this month that it's consolidating several diversity-related organizations into one new Student Engagement Center. Opponents say the move is an unnecessary reaction to political pressure.

Glaser, a Missouri native, started performing sets at a Kansas City comedy club while an undergraduate at the University of Kansas. Today, she's one of the country's most successful comics, and she's back in town this Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Uptown Theater for "The Good Girl Tour."

Wyandotte County reports 29.5 cases of syphilis per 100,000 people, a 450% increase since 2012 and the fastest growth of any county in Kansas. Why are cases rising so quickly over the past decade and what do providers say we can do about it?

The move is in response to a drag show held at a public park last month during the Rolla Pride Celebration. Council members said the performance was sexually explicit and targeted minors.

The metro's strictest restriction of the scientifically discredited practice comes two weeks after the legislature initially failed to pass the ban by a single vote.

It’s already illegal for health care providers to practice so-called conversion therapy in parts of Jackson County, but the failed ordinance would have outlawed use of the discredited practice on minors across the county and made it easier to report abuse.

Republican lawmakers in Missouri, Tennessee and other states are advancing bills that would restrict drag show performances. The proposals threaten the LGBTQ community as well as businesses, critics say.

Malachi Robinson admitted he shot a teenage victim eight times with a 9mm pistol in May 2019. Robinson met the victim at a library branch after the victim contacted him via Facebook and offered him money in exchange for a sexual favor.

As more people identify as LGBTQ, the chance that someone you know will come out to you is more likely. What you can do to be supportive and inclusive.

The city of Independence voted unanimously on Monday to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors, becoming the fifth city in the area to do so. A Blue Springs council member says he's ready to introduce a similar ordinance.

Shawnee Mission will soon consider changing its policy regarding the channel through which parents or patrons can submit complaints about instructional or library resources. The move comes amid parent concerns about a LGBTQ book by George M. Johnson, "All Boys Aren't Blue."

The quick establishment of the new department was driven by student demand.