Commemorate LGBTQIA History Month this October by reading, watching, or learning from queer history resources.
Participate in the Rainbow Read-In
Join us October 10, 2025 from 2:30-4:00 pm for the fifth annual Rainbow Read-In, celebrating the writing, poetry, art, and music of LGBTQIA+ people worldwide!
Read an eBook
eBooks require a UMKC username and password.
Explore GLAMA at UMKC Libraries
The Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America (GLAMA) is a is a collecting initiative to document the histories of the LGBT communities in the Kansas City region. The following resources are curated from GLAMA’s collections, using primary source materials to tell the stories of our local queer history.
- Making History: Kansas City and the Rise of Gay Rights Built by students in the UMKC Public History program in 2017, this online exhibit explores gay and lesbian activism before Stonewall, revealing Kansas City’s role in the early gay rights movement in the United States.
- The Ordinance Project is a documentary film that tells the story of the contentious struggle to pass an ordinance in Kansas City, Missouri prohibiting discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations based upon sexual orientation and HIV status.
- Videos from the AIDS Crisis This collection provides a unique window into the history of Kansas City’s LGBT communities.
Follow GLAMA on Instagram for more queer Kansas City history! @glamakc
