selected writings
archival science + analysis
“bad tats, jesus christ, lemons; everything is archival,” Syllabus, October 2024.
“Third Space: Queering Blackness from the Archival Fabrics of Middle America,”MDW Atlas, July 2024.
“The Unseen Struggles: Erasure and Racial Inequities in Kansas City’s Queer Community,” Urban League, November 2023. pgs 204-7.
investigative research / archiving
“Remembering “Soakie’s”: Kansas City’s former Black gay bar from the Y2K Era,” The Kansas City Defender, December 2023.
“Kansas City’s “Out There”: The 90’s Gay & Lesbian Variety Show Featuring Lea Hopkins,” The Kansas City Defender, December 2022.
“Men of All Colors Together: The Kansas City organization fighting racism amidst gay men in the 80’s–90’s,”
The Kansas City Defender, June 2022.
“Remembering Edye and Ray: The First (Well-Documented) Black Drag Queens of Kansas City,”
The Kansas City Defender, May 2022.
justice + public betrayals of trust
“Justice Horn gives KCPD more power by pushing City Council to get tougher on hate crimes,” The Kansas City Defender, April 2024.
”Stop Naming Buildings After Homophobes and Transphobes,” The Advocate, May 2021.
‘3% ain’t gonna cut it,’ The Stute, January 2020.
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