So what do the next 40 years hold for Kansas City Pride Celebrations?  Recent years have seen the development of Pride for specific populations within the LGBT community:

Black Pride 2014 Poster

Black Pride 2015 Poster

Latino Pride 2015 Banner

Whether these celebrations can be seen as positive or additional fracturing of the community is up for debate.  But as we move toward what we hope will be additional civil rights accomplishments in a post-same-sex-marriage world, how will Pride be affected?  Will we even need a Pride Celebration?