Other Local Organizations and Resources
Mar 16, 2008
Camp Fire USA - Campfire is inclusive, open to every person in the communities we serve, welcoming children, youth and adults regardless of race, religion, socioeconomic status, disability, sexual orientation or other aspect of diversity. Camp Fire USA's programs are designed and implemented to reduce sex-role, racial and cultural stereotypes and to foster positive intercultural relationships.
GLBTY Hotline - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth Crisis Hotline of Kansas and Missouri provides free and confidential telephone and email peer-counseling, information and local resources for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, youth and questioning callers of the allied community. We refer callers to other agencies in the community as part of our mission.
Harmony - Kansas City Harmony is a resource and a catalyst to promote good race relations, to increase appreciation for cultural diversity and to eliminate intolerance.
Kansas City Anti-Violence Project (KCAVP) - KCAVP provides information, support, referrals, advocacy and other services to LGBT survivors of violence including domestic violence, sexual assault, and bias crimes, focusing these services within the Kansas City metropolitan area. KCAVP also educates the community at large through training and outreach programs.
Kansas Equality Coalition (KEC) - The Kansas Equality Coalition is a non-partisan group of fair-minded people who are determined to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Our mission is to ensure the dignity, safety, and legal equality of all Kansans.
Midwest Alternative Family Alliance - (MAFA) is a welcoming and inclusive group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents, their children, and people who support them in the Kansas City metro area and beyond.
Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) – The mission of LGCCKC is to create, support and provide vital and timely resources and services for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Straight-Allied communities of greater Kansas City.
Passages – Kansas City – Passages is a safe haven for Kansas City gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, affirming and questioning teens.
PFLAG-KC – Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays of Kansas City (PFLAG-KC) is a group of parents, siblings, friends, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people who:
- Provide a support system for the families and friends of LGBT people to enable them to understand, accept and support their children with love and pride;
- Provide education for individuals and the community at large on the nature of homosexuality; and
- Support the full human and civil rights of LGBT people.
PROMO - PROMO is Missouri's statewide organization advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality through legislative action, electoral politics, grassroots organizing, and community education.
Scouting For All Midwest Region – The Midwest Region of Scouting for All is committed to scouting and open to diversity in the great American Midwest. Scouting for All advocates on behalf of its members and supporters for the restoration of the traditionally unbiased values of Scouting as expressed and embodied in the Scout Oath and the Scout Law and works to influence the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to serve and include as participating members ALL youth and adult leaders, regardless of their spiritual belief, gender, or sexual orientation. Chris Keen-Noble, Assistant Regional Director-Midwest and State Director- Missouri can be contacted at ckeen@scoutingforall.org .
UMKC LGBT Office – The University of Missouri at Kansas City is included among the top 100 campuses for LGBT students. The LGBT office offers a number of educational and outreach services designed to celebrate the triumphs and accomplishments of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. 
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