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The Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights Rages on in Missouri
In 2015, joyful crowds hugged outside of the Supreme Court Building when the Justices inside struck down same-sex marriage bans, making it legal across the country. It was the latest restriction to LGBTQ+ rights to fall after sodomy laws were struck down in 2003 and the military allowed people to serve openly in 2011. For…
Willits: As a Patient at the Transgender Center, I Urge You to Stand Up for Health Care
“She did it for the kids.” Taken in any other context, this might have been a good thing. But this was part of a conversation I overheard in a coffee shop in south city, and it was far from good. Two humans, both presenting as women, were discussing Jamie Reed’s essay calling out the Washington…
Out in STL Protests Anti-LGBTQ Legislation, Gives Out ICON Awards
This march served lewks. Fishnet bodysuits, tiaras and opera masks were just some of the outfits at the first ever It’s All Drag March held in The Grove on Saturday, March 25. At this protest, what people wore meant everything. As one sign read, “I can wear whatever the hell I want to wear!”…
It’s All Drag: New Group Leads March Against Drag Bans This Month
“We are all born naked, and the rest is drag.” -RuPaul Prism owners Sean Abernathy and Jade Sinclair, along with RFT Society Columnist Chris Andoe, and Pride St. Louis’ Jordan Elizabeth Braxton, have formed an ad hoc group called “It’s all drag!” to respond to the nationwide drag bans and other anti-LGBTQ+ legislation being introduced.…
Sex Work: The MO Ho Justice Coalition Is Here to Help us Get Free
Many in the queer community are quick to remind us that Stonewall was a riot and that it was started by trans sex workers of color. Images of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera flood Instagram all year round, but especially during Pride Month. We love to cry out that Pride exists because of the…
Putting in the Work: Jae Shepherd on Closing the Workhouse and Shaping St. Louis
On November 18, local activists rejoiced as mayor Lyda Krewson announced that she would not be seeking reelection in St. Louis. Krewson lost favor in June with any left-leaning St. Louisans she may have still had on her side after publicly announcing full names — and in some cases, exact addresses — of citizens who…