Welcome, dearest readers, to the June 2025 issue of The Pitch print magazine, homegrown right here in Kansas City, U.S.A. We’re thrilled to have you here and very excited to share our annual Pride-themed collection with you.

To circle back to my earlier mention of the U.S.A., I’ve been spending a lot of time reading up on the history of fascism and how it seeps in slowly, gradually poisoning hearts and minds and normalizing previously unthinkable horrors until everyday citizens become goddamned soulless monsters without ever realizing the transformation. What, the history of fascism’s insidious encroachment isn’t a part of your summer beach read pile? Hm. Well, there’s plenty of time to hop on the train with me.

I’ve been focused less on how propaganda functions or how politicians twist

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