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People on a float wave their flags during the PrideFest parade on June 6.

KC PrideFest, People’s Pride and the Fight Over Queer Liberation

By Avaya Hall ● LGBTQIA2S+ ● June 26, 2026

In Kansas City, the divide between KC PrideFest and People’s Pride KC reveals a larger struggle over whether Pride should be shaped by corporate sponsorships and policing, or by the queer communities whose resistance made it possible.

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