On Tuesday, Feb. 18, the Kansas Senate enacted Senate Bill 63, overriding Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto 85-34. Also known as the Help Not Harm Act, SB 63 seeks to prohibit the use of state funds to promote...
A day after their daughter’s birth, and in the midst of a postpartum medical crisis, CTE teacher Amanda Torbett and her partner Amanda Peterson began a battle against Lawrence Memorial Hospital, fighting...
Zanna Ingram, Online Copy Editor
• October 9, 2020
The gay and trans panic defense is used in courtrooms to defend those accused of violent crimes against members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Junior Hays Hummel wants to put an end to that practice.
Hummel...
LGBTQ+ students in the Lawrence public schools deal with ignorance concerning their sexualities and preferred pronouns.
On Oct. 18, nine members of the Lawrence public schools LGBTQ+ community sat down...
If you’ve ever talked to me, you probably know I’m transgender. I mention it all the time and unlike the past few years, I’ve stopped trying to keep it a secret. I no longer feel like my identity...
Sydney Gard
Several hours before the Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage across America was announced, I tossed and turned. I laid awake in bed and stared at the ceiling. I read a book and...
When New York Elementary School third grade teacher John Bode was in high school, coming out as gay or lesbian was unheard of. Many of his high school friends didn’t come out until after graduation,...
Sydney Gard, Co-editor in chief
• October 21, 2015
When gym teacher Nancy Hopkins walks through her Cardio Center in the school, she feels a great sense of pride. After all, she came up with the idea for the center, contacted people from around the country...
Sophomore Eli Jost arrived at the state Capitol on Feb. 14 with one goal in mind: change. Standing among a crowd of determined citizens who shared his goal, he and others carry signs, chanted and waved...
