As a child growing up in Galveston, Barry Davis mostly looked forward to annual Juneteenth celebrations for the barbecue, hot dogs and festivities. Now, as interim director of the Brazos
Kansas City’s first Pride parade in 1977 was spearheaded by Lea Hopkins, whose organizing sparked a wider gay rights movement that continues today. But it was only a few weeks after that successful event that Hopkins found herself on the defense again, when a prominent anti-gay activist came on a crusade through town.