LGBTQ

Marchers carry a huge flag during Kansas City's Pride Parade 2023.

Kansas City Pride Parade 2023

By John G. McGrath | June 12, 2023

The Kansas City Pride Parade is one of the nation’s largest. Flatland was there on Saturday to document this year’s huge turnout in video.

A collage of five people, with a transgender flag and a pride flag.

In Their Own Words: Testimonies from Trans Kansas Citians

By Cody Boston, Cami Koons | May 29, 2023

Kansas Citians share their stories of life in the trans community and the pursuit of gender-affirming care.

Fr. Taylor W. Tracy, pastor of Christ the King Independent Catholic Church of Kansas City.

Gay Priest Shepherds Nontraditional ‘Catholic’ Church

By Bill Tammeus | May 28, 2023

Fr. Taylor W. Tracy is married. To a man. And he is leading a nontraditional “Catholic” church on Kansas City’s West Side that is exceptionally ecumenical.

Folks hold up pink white and blue signs that read "We Are Still Here" at a transgender rights protest in Kansas City.

‘Transas City’: KC Offers Sanctuary Amid Anti-Trans Push

By Cami Koons, Vicky Diaz-Camacho, Cody Boston | May 18, 2023

A loud clatter of skateboards, abandoned by riders grinning at a near wipeout, interrupts conversations among friends and new acquaintances. It’s the first time Late-Nite Bite, a monthly sober and queer event, has set up shop at Goofball Sk8boards in the Waldo neighborhood of Kansas City, and it’s clearly a success. Late-Nite Bite…

Dozens marched down Broadway for Kansas City's first trans pride march in June 2019.

Kansas City Considers Becoming a Transgender ‘Safe Haven’ in Defiance of Missouri Laws

By Jodi Fortino, KCUR 89.3 | April 25, 2023

The LGBTQ Commission has asked Kansas City to become a sanctuary city for the transgender community. Missouri is about to restrict gender-affirming care.