{"id":61164,"date":"2018-02-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/02\/13\/conference-at-uno-addresses-lgbtqia-issues\/"},"modified":"2018-02-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T06:00:00","slug":"conference-at-uno-addresses-lgbtqia-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/02\/13\/conference-at-uno-addresses-lgbtqia-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference at UNO addresses LGBTQIA+ issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>The Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference (MBLGTACC) will be held Friday through Sunday at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.<\/p>\n<p>MBLGTACC is an annual conference held to connect, educate, and empower LGBTQIA+ college students, faculty, and staff around the Midwest and beyond. It has attracted advocates and thought leaders including Angela Davis, Robyn Ochs, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Kate Bornstein, Faisal Alam, and LZ Granderson; and entertainers and artists including RuPaul, Margaret Cho, J Mase III, Chely Wright, and Loren Cameron.<\/p>\n<p>For registration information, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/mblgtacc.org\/\">event website<\/a>. Registration is $75 in advance, $100 on-site.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conference will be held Friday through Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":42594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","department-unmc-today-todays-headlines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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