06/01/2026
Meet your 2026 KC Pride Parade Honorary Grand Marshal ๐๐
State Representative Wick Thomas is not a politician who only shows up to support our community once a year โ Wick has spent a lifetime advocating for us. ๐ค
Wick is the first out trans/gender variant person to be elected to statewide office in Missouri, proudly representing District 19 in the Missouri House of Representatives. In their first year in office, Wick co-founded the Equality Caucus, working to protect our LGBTQ and immigrant neighbors.
Coming out at a young age in rural Missouri, Wick has always fought for our community. At 19, they were a member of the Soulforce Equality Ride, traveling to conservative religious colleges to talk about inclusive theology. Wick co-founded the first trans youth support group in Kansas City, the EQUAL Trans support group, and was a key organizer for the EQUAL Youth Empowerment Summit, bringing together all of the GSAs in the Kansas City area.
Wick has received awards from the National LGBTQ+ Task Force, the UMKC Lavender Graduation "Building Bridges" award, the Creating Change Award, and a Legislative Champion Award from PROMO โ and they are going to keep advocating for us in Jefferson City! ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐๐ค
Help us celebrate them in the comments! ๐
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Saturday, June 6
โฐ 11:00AM
๐ Starting in Westport