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Éabha Klinksick, a 13-year-old West Middle School student, researched and created one of 12 projects chosen for a public showcase at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
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The Trans Liberation Front will soon host a social on Lawrence queer history with talks from folks involved in local historic queer organizations.
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Lawrence PRIDE’s annual parade and party are set for Saturday, and they’ll be accompanied by a month of events to celebrate LGBTQ+ pride and resilience.
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Dorothy and the Dolls, a group of local drag performers, are holding spaces across the Lawrence drag scene to foster a new generation of avant-garde performers.
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KU Theatre is set to open a play about the anti-gay hate crime that took the life of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard in 1998 in Wyoming. For the director, the story feels less like distant history and more like something Lawrence could experience.
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In a time when queer and trans people are politically and socially under attack, a free movement and meditation class in Lawrence seeks to be a space where the community can soothe their nervous systems and unpack all of the real, gnarly emotions.
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Liberty Hall is looking to build a sapphic Eden with Girl Bar — a monthly night “for gurls and gals and nonbinary pals” — and this month, folks can catch the 1994 lesbian romcom that inspired it all.
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A monthly aerial silk arts class is empowering queer and transgender folks in the Lawrence area to convene for community-building and a creative form of exercise.
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Lawrence writer Tessa Gratton works on all their books for multiple years, but they’ve been thinking about their newest work, “The Mercy Makers,” since the 2000s. The epic fantasy untangles themes of justice, complicity and the greater good.
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Although it did indeed rain on the Lawrence PRIDE parade, the weather didn’t dampen the spirits of the thousands in attendance. And as the storm cleared, a rainbow encircled the sun.
