Kansas City Star Documents Local LGBT History At Pride Month Conclusion

The former "newspaper" of record is now mostly dedicated to pushing political propaganda. 

We don't deny the reporting or the testimony . . . But it's advocacy & history not news . . . Check-it:  

"Of 900 LGBTQ+ people surveyed, 32% reported being threatened, attacked, bashed or physically hurt, The Star reported at the time. And an additional 37% reported verbal assaults, threats, and name-calling. Between 1991 and 1992, Kansas City police recorded 59 bias crimes, but only one was classified as a gay bashing."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Pride, pain and progress: The history behind Kansas City's LGBTQ+ community

Explore queer history in KC, from KC Pride parades in June to the fight for equal rights, the HIV/AIDS pandemic and violent gay bashing in the '80s and '90s.

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