Pride Month History: Kansas City had foundational role in LGBT movement nationwide
KC history made before Stonewall
Kansas City activists played a foundational role in LGBT civil rights movements nationwide.
and last updated 2021-06-16 19:56:54-04
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Barney Allis Plaza in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, is home to a bronze marker that many passers by likely have never taken the time to notice.
That bronze marker signifies the city's LGBT activism that not only changed the future of Kansas City, but the rest of the nation.
What happened at the State hotel that once stood at the corner of W. 12th Street and Wyandotte Street didn't go down in history like the Stonewall riots, but historians say it laid the foundation.