How Kansas City Blazed a Path for Gay Liberation

Years before the Stonewall uprising, Drew Shafer started Kansas City’s first gay rights organization and published the first LGBTQ magazine in the Midwest. At one point, his Kansas City home was even the “information distribution center” for the entire gay rights movement. Episode from podcast series A People’s History of Kansas City.

Project creator: Mackenzie Martin, Suzanne Hogan.

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