As Pride Month winds up, Gay Kansans won’t stop demanding — or cheering — their rights

Gay Pride Year Round

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As Pride Month winds up, Gay Kansans won’t stop demanding — or cheering — their rights

An arch of rainbow balloons greeted guest at the June 7, 2025, Lawrence Pride event in downtown Lawrence. (Clay Wirestone/Kansas Reflector)On Saturday, June 7, I walked through South Park in Lawrence with my husband. We were browsing booths set up to for the annual LGBTQ+ pride celebration. There had been a parade to start the day’s festivities, a parade we didn’t attend because it was pouring rain. But the skies soon cleared, and despite swampy…