The University of Missouri Kansas City LGBTQIA program features conferences and film screenings, plus various activities during their April Pride Month. The LGCC-KC Community Center and Gay Pride Kansas City have combined to become the Kansas City Diversity Coalition, with events including Pride in June. Pitch is the alternative weekly paper, gay-friendly, with arts, restaurant reviews, and events listings. Their 3-Day Pass for $8, provides unlimited rides three consecutive days on regular RideKC local and MAX servic.Ĭamp is the print and online voice for the gay communities of Kansas City and surrounding areas in Missouri and Kansas. In local abbreviations KCMO is east of the state line, and KCKS to the west.
If you want to hop the bus check out the RideKC website for maps, schedules and fares. Kansas City spreads out in every direction, in two states, so most people prefer a car to get around. A taxi will set you back around $60 for a trip downtown or to The Plaza. Pay $1.50 (exact change only) for a regular one-way fare to or from the airport. There are shuttle buses to get to your hotel and the KCRT operates buses to and from KCI every day of the week. Kansas City International Airport is about 8 miles northwest of downtown.
The Kansas City FilmFest takes place in April. Other dates on the LGBT calendar include: the Kansas City G&L Film & Video Festival screening throughout the year Gay Pride KC festival beside the Missouri River in early June and the Bear Crossing weekend in August. The folks here have fun, and so will you. A great place to catch up with these cowpokes is at the Wyandotte County Fairgrounds, especially during the Missouri Gay Rodeo Association’s Show-Me State Rodeo over the Labor Day Weekend.Ĭowboys aside, Kansas City also presents a surprisingly robust theater and cabaret scene, complementing a fine array of dance halls, saloons, and edgy drag shows. Their stories can be vivid and heartbreaking a very different spin on gay life outside the usual urban metropolis. There are real cowboys here - lots of queer folks from the Ozarks and the Texas Panhandle. Today, this historical district is now the center of the Kansas City gay community.
In the early 19th century, the Westport community of Kansas City was the trailhead for legendary destinations that included Santa Fe, California, and the Oregon Trail. See the CDC website for details and updates.įor local Covid-19 updates see the websites of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, Missouri DHSS, and Kansas DHE. There are restrictions on the entry of some travelers into the United States in an effort to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Emergency measures in the wake of Covid-19: