Many people envision October as cooler weather, pumpkin spice lattes, scary movies, and ghoulish good times. However, this month you may also notice neighborhoods, landmarks, and businesses glowing purple. That’s because October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). Throughout the St. Louis region, advocates, organizations, and businesses are coming together to create spaces of support…
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Alton’s Fearless Cory Davenport Has His Haters Working Overtime
Earlier this summer, someone made headlines—and a statement—by defacing the “Welcome to Alton” billboard with hate-filled messages targeting the town’s fearless, 6’3”, genderqueer, hard-hitting journalist, Cory Davenport, 36. It’s hard to imagine a progressive firebrand rattling this many cages in the region since 1836, when abolitionist publisher Elijah P. Lovejoy fled the slave state of…
Keith Boykin’s Journey: How a Son of St. Louis Became a National Voice for Justice, Culture and Change
Long before Keith Boykin stood in the East Room of the White House helping orchestrate the first-ever meeting between a sitting U.S. president and LGBT leaders, he was just a kid growing up in St. Louis. It’s easy to forget that icons often start right next door. Boykin, who lived here until high school before…
A House Divided: The GOP’s Strategy to Fracture the LGBTQ Community by Targeting Trans People
In recent years, the Republican Party has aggressively advanced a slate of policies and rhetoric aimed squarely at transgender Americans—particularly youth—under the guise of protecting children, preserving fairness in sports, and defending “parental rights.” But beneath these talking points lies a more calculated political strategy: to divide and weaken the broader LGBTQ coalition by isolating…
Who’s Fighting For Us? Cover Story
“Who’s fighting for us?” It’s the question that has echoed across the nation in the wake of the election. Our rights and our very democracy are being dismantled, and we’ve often seen tepid responses from those we look to for action. We’re demanding more, and we’re seeking to regroup and rebuild. At the dawn of…
Go to a Protest
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…
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
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