Frischplan
@frischplan.bsky.social
Urban planning + design prof, writes and thinks about cities, community development, LGBTQ communities, the environment, Kansas City MO, Col. Co, NY (New Lebanon), housing, synth-pop, Quaker (PVMM, IYM-c), non-violence, bicycles. 🏳️🌈 views are my own.
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Frischplan
@frischplan.bsky.social
· Oct 3
The Queer and Trans Interest Group of ACSP is sponsoring our Queer Fireside Chat with Dr. Kevin Guyan on October 9 Noon CDT. Come hear about his new book The Rainbow Trap. Now approved for AICP CM credits! forms.gle/tqpy7phVUfR6... to get the Zoom link.
This! "The reason I yearn to worship God, whether at a gay bar or in a Meeting for Worship, is because I need to stay close to life’s source. I need saving, not from fiery punishment in the afterlife, but from the grip of the hells we’ve created in this world."
A little bit of Quaker theology for you. I've had an article published in the Friend about worship, heaven and drag. Enjoy!
thefriend.org/article/heav... #queer #LGBT+ #Christian #spirituality
thefriend.org/article/heav... #queer #LGBT+ #Christian #spirituality
Heaven sent: Mark Russ has a lesson from the drag show | The Friend
‘The queens and kings create joyous spaces of inclusion and affirmation.’| The Friend
thefriend.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
This! "The reason I yearn to worship God, whether at a gay bar or in a Meeting for Worship, is because I need to stay close to life’s source. I need saving, not from fiery punishment in the afterlife, but from the grip of the hells we’ve created in this world."
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whenever i hear some social-media poisoned populist blaring about how we have more empty homes than homeless people--
New story: How does Pittsburgh have 20,000 vacant homes — and a housing shortage?
I show you one block in the Knoxville neighborhood to tell you why. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-h...
I show you one block in the Knoxville neighborhood to tell you why. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-h...
How does Pittsburgh have 20,000 vacant homes — and a housing shortage?
One block in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood shows how a legacy of population decline and neglect has allowed homes to decay and neighbors to suffer.
www.publicsource.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
whenever i hear some social-media poisoned populist blaring about how we have more empty homes than homeless people--
I'm quoted on NPR's marketplace on rental market stability during FIFA in #KCMO www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Kansas City prepares its housing market for an influx of World Cup fans
Kansas City expects 650,000 fans to attend World Cup games next June and July. Many of them will seek short-term rentals, which could temporarily affect the region’s housing market.
www.marketplace.org
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I'm quoted on NPR's marketplace on rental market stability during FIFA in #KCMO www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
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"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
Immigrant rights group placing 'ICE stole someone here' signs in Ontario
A citizens group in Ontario is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving ICE agents detaining and arresting undocumented immigrants.
abc7.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
An Examination of the Relationship Between Mean Land Elevation Levels and Social Vulnerability: A Case Study of Metropolitan Kansas City - Crowley - 2025 - Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy | PSO Journal | Wiley Online Library
Areas at low land elevations exhibit increased exposures to flooding. These exposures are exacerbated by the presence of community social vulnerability. This study examines the relationship between m...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
An Examination of the Relationship Between Mean Land Elevation Levels and Social Vulnerability: A Case Study of Metropolitan Kansas City - Crowley - 2025 - Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Amazon Web Service incidents means I cannot sign on to CANVAS where my studio activity today is located.
October 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Amazon Web Service incidents means I cannot sign on to CANVAS where my studio activity today is located.
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I can't wait to see this article! It's been too long, Jason. I think last time I saw you was somewhere in a rainy natl forest in VA? 😂
#Queer #Quaker Friends (and friends)! My co-convenor Religious Education Martin and I have a new piece out in @friendsjournal.org! Check out "Advices and Que[e]ries: Chosen Family and Chosen Ancestors." www.friendsjournal.org/advices-and-...
Advices and Que[e]ries
Chosen family and chosen ancestors.
www.friendsjournal.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I can't wait to see this article! It's been too long, Jason. I think last time I saw you was somewhere in a rainy natl forest in VA? 😂
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@jttnncdcmd.bsky.social Well then I have to get you back on pronto. I am growing my hair out and have been poofing it up more, though I see it was sadly a little flat that morning.
lord @friendsjournal.org put us in a vidya show. we, surprisingly, don't discuss facial hair and poofy coif tips. but we DO talk about queer joy in worship, so there's that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Ci...
Reviving Queer Worship: A Journey Through Time and Community
YouTube video by Friends Journal Quakers
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
@jttnncdcmd.bsky.social Well then I have to get you back on pronto. I am growing my hair out and have been poofing it up more, though I see it was sadly a little flat that morning.
As an MIT MCP Alum - I signed this.
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools Trump just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools Trump just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...
STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools Trump just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America...
alumni.controlshift.app
October 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
As an MIT MCP Alum - I signed this.
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools Trump just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools Trump just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...
Ever wanted to find out about #Quakerism in Kansas City without attending a Meeting for Worship? Come to the Penn Valley Friends Meeting, World #Quaker Day Open House October 5, 11:30am - 2pm. #FWCC We are located at the corner of Charlotte and Gillham in the South Hyde Park neighborhood.
October 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Ever wanted to find out about #Quakerism in Kansas City without attending a Meeting for Worship? Come to the Penn Valley Friends Meeting, World #Quaker Day Open House October 5, 11:30am - 2pm. #FWCC We are located at the corner of Charlotte and Gillham in the South Hyde Park neighborhood.
The Queer and Trans Interest Group of ACSP is sponsoring our Queer Fireside Chat with Dr. Kevin Guyan on October 9 Noon CDT. Come hear about his new book The Rainbow Trap. Now approved for AICP CM credits! forms.gle/tqpy7phVUfR6... to get the Zoom link.
October 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Queer and Trans Interest Group of ACSP is sponsoring our Queer Fireside Chat with Dr. Kevin Guyan on October 9 Noon CDT. Come hear about his new book The Rainbow Trap. Now approved for AICP CM credits! forms.gle/tqpy7phVUfR6... to get the Zoom link.
#UMKC Urban Planning + Design students talk about transit and housing in #KC! thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...
What UMKC students told The Beacon about Kansas City’s public transit growth
The Beacon’s Community Journalism Lab representative Robert Stone heard from UMKC students on affordable housing, tax increment financing, vacant lots, transit expansion and equity.
thebeaconnews.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#UMKC Urban Planning + Design students talk about transit and housing in #KC! thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...
Vita passed away yesterday...
July 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Vita passed away yesterday...
This is a very useful graphic on what scholars need to think about in the United States today. What is to be done? How to keep a career going at what cost? From the Anti-Autocracy Handbook p. 12 h/t Ladd Keith
July 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is a very useful graphic on what scholars need to think about in the United States today. What is to be done? How to keep a career going at what cost? From the Anti-Autocracy Handbook p. 12 h/t Ladd Keith
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Highly recommend my fellow American scholars read the new Anti-Autocracy Handbook on this 4th of July, a "call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism." zenodo.org/records/1...
July 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Highly recommend my fellow American scholars read the new Anti-Autocracy Handbook on this 4th of July, a "call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism." zenodo.org/records/1...
The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Practice is coming out this fall. Look for my chapter "LGBTQ Inclusive Urban Design"
July 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Practice is coming out this fall. Look for my chapter "LGBTQ Inclusive Urban Design"
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Alito's opinion in Mahmoud v. Taylor is poisonous homophobia that gives parents a de facto right to ban books in public school classrooms. It's violently stigmatizing toward LGBTQ families and filled with lies and bigotry. Every justice who joined it should be ashamed. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Samuel Alito’s “Pride Puppy” Ruling Is a Disgrace to the Supreme Court
The justices who signed on to this decision should be ashamed of themselves, and some of them should know better.
slate.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Alito's opinion in Mahmoud v. Taylor is poisonous homophobia that gives parents a de facto right to ban books in public school classrooms. It's violently stigmatizing toward LGBTQ families and filled with lies and bigotry. Every justice who joined it should be ashamed. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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For your Juneteenth reading pleasure. Here’s why 2025 is the Summer of Marsha P. Johnson for me. time.com/7295713/how-...
Marsha P. Johnson Taught Us How to Defy This Anti-Trans Wave
"Despite Trump’s attempts to erase trans people, I know he cannot because I know my community’s history."
time.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
For your Juneteenth reading pleasure. Here’s why 2025 is the Summer of Marsha P. Johnson for me. time.com/7295713/how-...
I just found out you can play the younger me in a theatre project that recreates an ACT UP NY Meeting from March 1989. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/t....
In ‘Fight Back,’ the Audience Learns to Act Up
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I just found out you can play the younger me in a theatre project that recreates an ACT UP NY Meeting from March 1989. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/t....
One last post about KC LGBTQIA Pride Fest. I did not see any #UMKC presence there. The university did not participate from what I can see. In the past - LGBTQIA programs had a booth.
June 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
One last post about KC LGBTQIA Pride Fest. I did not see any #UMKC presence there. The university did not participate from what I can see. In the past - LGBTQIA programs had a booth.
3. At the Quaker table at KC LGBTQIA Pride Fest, I met folks from central Kansas that were happy to see a Quaker presence. Most Quakers in Kansas affiliate with Mid-America Yearly Meeting which is not LGBTQIA welcoming. Thus, I think this was a successful out Queer Quaker experience.
June 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
3. At the Quaker table at KC LGBTQIA Pride Fest, I met folks from central Kansas that were happy to see a Quaker presence. Most Quakers in Kansas affiliate with Mid-America Yearly Meeting which is not LGBTQIA welcoming. Thus, I think this was a successful out Queer Quaker experience.
2. I only knew 2 songs that I heard from the stage:
a badly off-key version of Chappell Roan's "Pink Pony Club" and Charli XCX's "I Love It" which made everyone dance. In my time at Pride Fest I did not hear "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real" or any Ten City songs.
a badly off-key version of Chappell Roan's "Pink Pony Club" and Charli XCX's "I Love It" which made everyone dance. In my time at Pride Fest I did not hear "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real" or any Ten City songs.
June 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
2. I only knew 2 songs that I heard from the stage:
a badly off-key version of Chappell Roan's "Pink Pony Club" and Charli XCX's "I Love It" which made everyone dance. In my time at Pride Fest I did not hear "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real" or any Ten City songs.
a badly off-key version of Chappell Roan's "Pink Pony Club" and Charli XCX's "I Love It" which made everyone dance. In my time at Pride Fest I did not hear "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real" or any Ten City songs.