Midwesterners celebrated Pride Month amid heightened anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, new laws kcur.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kcur.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Legislatures in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, passed new laws decried by LGBTQ+ communities and their allies. Still, the month of June brought exuberant Pride celebrations around the region.
The Kansas City Pride Community Alliance held its annual parade and PrideFest this weekend. Despite recent political attacks from Kansas and Missouri lawmakers, and a suspected pellet gun attack at a local LGBTQ+ bar last weekend, attendees used the time to get to know each other and find joy in the shared community.