Organizers of LGBT conference in KC expect 2,300 to attend

The University of Missouri-Kansas City will host the city’s first Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference this weekend.

The university’s LGBTQIA Programs and Services and its Office of Student Involvement will hold the conference Friday through Sunday at the Kansas City Convention Center. Organizers expect 2,300 to attend.

The conference is being planned by a coalition of UMKC students and supported by local businesses and organizations across the state and the country, organizers said.

For more information about the conference, visit the website at mblgtacc2014.org.

This story was originally published February 3, 2014 at 3:32 PM with the headline "Organizers of LGBT conference in KC expect 2,300 to attend."