Few things can alleviate feelings of powerlessness and despair like taking to the streets with your people, and history has shown that protesting absolutely has an impact. Elected officials know this, which is why Missouri Republicans recently inserted language that would define a riot as “six or more people gathering for a purpose” in a…
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Saturday’s “Statewide for Pride” Protest Draws 100 to Tower Grove Park
By Tom Epplin A crowd of over a hundred flag-festooned trans and queer people and allies gathered at the intersection of Arsenal and Morgan Ford in Tower Grove Park on Saturday as part of the “Statewide Protest for Pride” action. Organized by the Missouri Democratic LGBTQ+ Caucus, the peaceful protest was one of thirteen protests…
LGBTQ Community Braces For Total Loss of Rights, Purges Gay Trump Voting “Quislings”
November 6 could be forever known as National Betrayal Day as various groups realized that critical parts of their coalitions voted for Trump. Women across social media posted memes reading: “I knew a lot of men hated women, but I didn’t realize how many women hated women.” Black women, who for the first time in…
Project 2024 Event to Rally and Educate LGBTQ+ Community on Project 2025
In an impressive show of unity, virtually all local LGBTQ bar owners are confirmed to attend Thursday’s Project 2024 event, which seeks to educate the community on the wildly unpopular Project 2025— the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for reshaping the federal government and consolidating executive power in a possible second Trump Administration. In 2018, then-President Trump…
The 10 Most Influential People in LGBTQ+ St. Louis in 2024
Meet this year’s Out in STL Awards honorees
Missouri AG Joins Letter Calling Target LGBTQ Merchandise Obscene
Seven attorneys general (including Missouri’s Andrew Bailey) wrote a letter to Target last week accusing the retailer of selling obscene LGBTQ+ material to kids in its Pride collection. Target became embroiled in controversy in June when right-wingers found “tuck friendly” tags on swimsuits, indicating that there was extra crotch material to cover up male genitalia…