Author and Associate Producer: No Place Like Home
Author of No Place Like Home: Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas.
- Winner: Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize
- Finalist: Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ nonfiction
- A Kansas Notable Book
Associate Producer of No Place Like Home: The Struggle Against Hate in Kansas.
Selected Essays and Reporting
sneaker wave magazine: boys of the 70s
Switchyard:
- Is This The End of Democracy? (contributor)
- Outlaw Country
The New Territory: Literary Landscapes: Mari Sandoz Gravesite, Sheridan County, Nebraska
Catapult Magazine: Patti Smith Defined Cool in Lesbian Bars of the '80s
Kansas Reflector: Kansas should celebrate the legacy of Jon Reed Sims, son of Smith Center
KCUR: Rainbow Flag's Creator Didn't Celebrate His Home State But Some Kansans Are Keeping His Memory Alive
Book chapters
"Parsons Brings the Pride Flag Home"
Edited by Thomas Fox Averill and Leslie VonHolten
University Press of Kansas, 2025
"Lola—A Love Story"
Sweeter Voices Still: An LGBTQ Anthology from Middle America
Edited by Ryan Schuessler and Kevin Whiteneir, Jr.
Belt Publishing, 2020
"The Coolest Parents in Johnson County"
Midland: Reports from Flyover Country
Edited by Michael Croley and Jack Shuster
Simon & Schuster, 2020
Radio features
KCUR: The Faces Of Long-Gone Women Tell A New Story Of The Kansas State Prison.
NPR: Transgender Choruses Harness The (Changing) Power Of Voices
NPR: Among Folk Musicians, Protest Music's Future Is Up For Debate
NPR: With Powerful Murals, Hale Woodruff Paved The Way For African-American Artists
NPR: Solving The Vinyl Comeback's Problem, One Antique Machine At A Time
NPR: Ornery Artist's Hand-Lettered Screeds Helped Him Keep The World At Bay
Here & Now: Visiting Kansas' Iconic 'Home On The Range'
Here & Now: How An Iowa Small Town Became An Art Oasis
Here & Now: How One Kansas Town Is Remembering A Group Of Unlikely Settlers