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Out of the street: we asked a sampling of LGBT people in Kansas City, Mo

Advocate, The, Jan 16, 2007 by Ann Rostow

"What would you say to gays on either coast?"

MELLY SCHMIDT, 54, TEACHER

"Get off your coast and try a real adventure. Come to the Midwest--Kansas City, St. Louis, Lincoln, Tulsa. Omaha ..."

JEREMY CLYBORNE, 27, EMT

"We're a different breed of people here. We tend to care a lot more about each other, It's really not a bad place."

ANGLE WIDENER, 29, POLICE OFFICER

"They would be surprised at how many gay people there are. There were at least five i knew of at my high school alone."

MATT DUNN, 47, SOFTWARE ENGINEER

"To come to K.C. and see what it's all about. People would be suprised to learn that it's net about horses and Cows."

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LISA POST, 46 BANKING

"K.C, is a great place, it's very open-minded and really a for of fun."