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Wed Dec 1, 2021, 01:39 AM Dec 2021

LGBTQ exhibit that was removed from Missouri Capitol opens in St. Louis

JEFFERSON CITY — An LGBTQ history exhibit that was removed from the Missouri Capitol this year after drawing complaints has opened in St. Louis.

The “Making History: Kansas City and the Rise of Gay Rights” exhibit — which describes the city’s “surprisingly pivotal role in helping to launch America’s gay rights movement,” according to the exhibit’s website — was removed from the state Capitol in September after several complaints, including from a GOP official who worked in the Capitol.

The state later announced the exhibit would be on display at the historic Lohman Building on the Jefferson City riverfront.

Cheryl Adelstein, deputy director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis, said a copy of the exhibit was opening in St. Louis.

Read more: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lgbtq-exhibit-that-was-removed-from-missouri-capitol-opens-in-st-louis/article_20d7ead1-11e2-5402-b612-d41326fadb7f.html

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