Missouri capitol swiftly removes LGBTQ history exhibition after GOP aide complains

Part of the LGBT HIstory exhibit (Photo: Facebook)

Missouri State Parks agreed to a small LGBTQ exhibition in the state capitol in Jefferson City but removed it after only four days after an assistant to a GOP Senator kicked up a storm. The exhibit was supposed to stay up until December 26.

The exhibition looked back at the LGBTQ rights movement in Kansas City. You can check out the exhibit online at Making History: Kansas City and the rise of gay rights.

The exhibition consisted mainly of banners and old photographs, detailing the persecution LGBTQ people faced in the past, and local advocacy groups such as the Phoenix Society, formed in the late 1960s.

All quite informative and interesting, you would think… but not in the eyes of some people.

On Wednesday, a legislator assistant to GOP Sen. Mitch Boggs made his views clear on his Facebook. Uriah Stark, posted images of the exhibition and said: “So is there any good reason that our taxpayer funded museum is pushing the LGBT agenda in our state capitol? These are literally in-your-face banners that you can’t walk through the museum without seeing… and they’re scheduled to be there through December.”

(Photo: Uriah Stark/Facebook)

He went on to clarify “the Missouri State Museum, which is under the Department of Natural Resources, is responsible for allowing this.”

The traveling exhibit is actually an award-winning student project created in a public history class at University of Missouri-Kansas City [UMKC]. A UMKC spokesperson told Queerty, “It has been touring the state since 2017. It was recently invited…

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