The Sixth Annual History Happy Hour, hosted by Just John on October 26 and benefitting the St. Louis LGBT History Project, brought together an extraordinary gathering of writers, editors, publishers, photographers, broadcasters, and community storytellers whose work documented decades of LGBTQ life in the St. Louis region. More than a reunion, the evening was a…
A bunch of us lesbian queers pile into the “Lesbrorodo,” as I call my very large truck. I feel like a bus driver checking seat belts and yelling, “All aboard!” Watching the shorter lesbians attempt to climb in like the Dukes of Hazzard never gets old. Sometimes, the simple things are what make me laugh…
One of my mother’s older brothers, Paul Monroe Gamble, died in an automobile accident eleven days before Christmas 1959. He was 24. Twenty years later, in January 1979, my mother’s youngest brother, Clifford Lee (Ricky) Gamble, also died in an automobile accident. He was 29, the youngest of eighteen children. Uncle Paul died before I…
Vivent Health’s annual fundraiser returns Oct. 24, with local art, cocktails and a mission to help St. Louis residents living with HIV care for their pets. A beloved pet can be a source of comfort and connection—and the costs of food and veterinary care can become difficult to manage. On Saturday, Oct. 24, St.…
It happens every October. A school board somewhere passes a largely perfunctory LGBTQ+ History Month resolution – without demands, requirements, or enforcement mechanisms – and a dust storm erupts. In September, for example, in a district serving nearly 12,000 youngsters in Fairbanks, Alaska, after listening to eight community members testify in favor of a History…
Thirty-two years ago today – Monday, October 3, 1994 – the first-ever public event (as far as I know) for the nascent and then-named Lesbian and Gay History Month took place at Lucas Hall 100 at the University of Missouri at St. Louis (UMSL), where I was a nighttime graduate student in history while serving…
Bonnie McKee is one bad bitch. She’s fucking fabulous. And, more importantly, she knows how to write a fucking song. If you know Bonnie McKee only as the woman behind some of pop music’s biggest hits, you might miss just how much of an artist she is herself. But standing inside The Pageant this past…
Social media star, bestselling author and transgender activist Mercury Stardust is bringing her latest book tour to St. Louis on Tuesday, Sept. 29, with an appearance presented by Left Bank Books at .ZACK Theatre. Known to millions online as the “Trans Handy Ma’am,” Stardust has built an enormous following by making home repair approachable, combining…
There are concerts you attend, concerts you remember, and then there are concerts that make you wonder if you just witnessed something that could never quite be duplicated in a larger room. September 14, 2026, at The Sovereign in St. Louis was one of those nights. If you were fortunate enough to be inside the…
The High Low Gallery will open a new exhibition by St. Louis-based transgender artist and arts educator Sarah Knight on Friday, Sept. 25. Titled Influx, the exhibition features ceramics, works on paper and paintings exploring connections between the resilience of queer and transgender communities and the natural world. An opening reception will be held…
