What radical courage does it take to love in the face of hate? Through portraiture and personal narratives highlighting joy, belonging, found family and meaningful romantic and platonic relationships, KBIA’s Alphabet Soup challenges the notion that Missouri’s LGBTQ+ community is a monolith. Tucked away within the amalgamation of letters that makes up the LGBTQ+ community and the complex identities each represents is joy: rebellious, resistant, radiant.
Bailey Stover
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KBIA
Jane Lavender and Hudson Giles-Lavender have been together for decades and were legally married in 2015. They shared the story about how they met and fell in love – both with their authentic selves and one another.
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The premier of the film about Brooks is scheduled for June 19 at the Juneteenth Film Festival in Kansas City. It also is scheduled to be shown 6 p.m. June 30 at the Lawrence Arts Center as part of the Free State Festival in Kansas. -
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating Damion Linder's death following a nine-hour standoff. -
Immediately after the judge’s ruling, Mark McCloskey demanded that the city return the two guns seized as part of his 2021 guilty plea to misdemeanor assault. -
Springfield Mayor Ken McClure was elected to the office back in 2017 following a stint as a council member. On Thursday morning, he delivered an emotional speech for his final State of the City address. -
The new summer EBT program will give an extra $120 to eligible school-age kids. Families in Missouri and Kansas probably won’t get the money until late summer or fall. But even if the money comes late, anti-hunger advocates say the extra dollars are an important step toward reducing growing food insecurity.
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas belatedly acknowledged more travel paid by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, while several colleagues reported six-figure payments as part of book deals. -
A section of the U.S.-built pier designed to carry badly needed aid into Gaza broke apart in storms and rough seas. Food and other supplies will begin to flow soon, U.S. Central Command said Friday. -
Awestruck, Anders snapped the timeless shot of the glorious blue and white planet rising over the horizon of the gray and lifeless moon, and "how tiny and fragile and precious and finite it is."
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Samuel Lane, Benjamin Parres, and "Jack" O'Neill entered deferral agreements after agreeing to testify in Ryan Delanty's case -
The Columbia City Council voted to approve a pay increase for the Water & Light Association to fight against pay compression. -
Matthew Martens will serve as provost and chief academic officer for the University of Missouri, according to an MU news release Monday. -
MU Health Care Women's Hospital Emergency Department will move its services to the University Hospital Emergency Department on June 10, the company said in a Monday news release. -
Applications for Boone County's senior real estate property tax credit program will open July 1, the county commission announced Tuesday.
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The freeze applies to seniors 62 and older. -
The exact start date for the construction has not been confirmed, but it will go through September. -
Council to vote on city employee salary adjustments.
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Initial investigation indicated there were no signs of foul play, the Callaway County Sheriff's Office said. -
Deputies said Meachie Martin is missing and is believed to be with his mother, Autumn Nixon. -
Jefferson City, Missouri elected its first black woman to the city council last month. This comes 45 years after the city elected Randy Halsey, the first black city councilor, in 1979. -
Seven people died in traffic crashes over Memorial Day weekend, according to a preliminary report by Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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