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Trans, gay people have always existed and (people here today are) proof of that, so that's really nice to see. But what many people don’t know is that Kansas Cy played an important role the “homophile movement, ” the early gay rights movement that predated Stonewall.
In 1966, Kansas Cy hosted the first natnal homophile was a time the not-so-distant past when LGBTQ folks uld not easily be “out” public. Gay and Lbian Archive of Mid-Ameri, UMKC The Jewel Box at 3219 Troost Avenue Kansas Cy, Missouri, was a nightclub known for s drag shows that began the late 1950s. While the 1950s are monly thought of as an tolerant time, Kansas Cy actually had an active gay bar scene this era near Troost Avenue and Lwood Boulevard.