Tag Archives: Kansas

Activists in Kansas are trying to get a bill adding sexual orientation and gender identity protections out of committee. “It’s clear that the time has come to extend the same protections from discrimination to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people that so many other Kansans already enjoy,” said Maggie Childs, of Lawrence, board chair of the Kansas Equality Coalition. The …

Via SFGate.com: GOP Rep. Sam Graves unveiled an ad this week using the money phrase to disparage his Democratic challenger Kay Barnes, aka the “Big City Mayor” (formerly that is, of Kansas City.) Barnes’ sin: She attended a fundraiser thrown by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and she shares Pelosi’s “San Francisco Values.” You know what that means. Or at least …

From Kansas, a really sweet story about a gay homecoming king: There’s no way I’m homecoming king. No way, he thought. Sarah helped him walk to the middle of the stage, where Laura Wetzel, the queen, crowned him and gave him a big hug. “That’s awesome, Matthew!” she said. Matthew’s cheeks were red, and his face hurt from smiling so …

In what some had billed the “Million Fag March”, hundreds of protesters marched on the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka yesterday. Hundreds of people from Kansas and across the country gathered Sunday in Topeka to protest Pastor Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church. The march was also a way to promote peace, love, and equality. People of all ages, …

The son of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) is selling “Don’t Drop The Soap“, a prison-themed board game in which players try to not be raped. John Sebelius, 23, is selling the game from the Kansas governor’s mansion where he lives with his parents. From the game’s site: Fight your way through 6 different exciting locations in hopes of being …