Always wish you could form a band and perform on stage? HandleBar is hosting BandUp 2025 – your new band’s show! Form a band, sign up, learn three songs and perform them for a live audience. The event will take place on Sunday, June 1, at 4 p.m. There will be two stages with sound…
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Cinema St. Louis Presents Their 18th Annual QFest, A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Film and Queer Culture
Cinema St. Louis proudly presents the 18th Annual QFest St. Louis, a vibrant celebration of LGBTQ+ film and queer culture. Scheduled from May 27 to June 1, 2025, at the historic Hi-Pointe Theatre, QFest showcases a diverse lineup of contemporary gay cinema, including narrative features, documentaries, and shorts that spotlight the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals…
Grey Fox to Host Black Pride Extravaganza With 14 Entertainers
Black Pride STL is celebrating 30 years with an extravaganza at the historic Grey Fox Pub on May 31. A whopping 14 entertainers will take to the stage, including the reigning King of Pride STL 2025, Semaj Mazzaratie-Evermore and Mx. Metro Trans Umbrella Group 2025, ZeLucy Leone Fur. Board member Lydia Baker, who is also…
21c Museum Hotel Announces Pop Stars! Pride Prom on Friday, June 13, Supporting MTUG
21c Museum Hotel St. Louis invites the community to celebrate Pride month during their Pop Stars! Pride Prom on Friday, June 13 from 7pm-11pm supporting monthly Community Impact partner, Metro Trans Umbrella Group (MTUG). MTUG is a non-profit organization created by and for the St. Louis trans community that aims to unite trans, genderqueer, androgynous,…
LGBTQ Medical Power of Attorney Event is Coming to Columbia, Hosted by Veronika Versace
When there’s a loss in cabin pressure, the first thing you’re instructed to do is put on your own mask. The same principle applies to the horrific times we find ourselves in. So much is coming at us on a macro level, that it’s completely overwhelming. But if you start by getting your own house…
Vanessa Frost and Zodiacx Balmain Lead The Wicked Ball
St. Louis is preparing for a vibrant ballroom weekend as newly crowned Miss Pride St. Louis, Vanessa Frost, teams up with newly deemed American Runway Legend Zodiac Balmain to present The Wicked Ball, set for May 4. Part of a blockbuster weekend, the festivities begin May 3 with the St. Louis Awards Ball, culminating in…
The Museum of Kansas City Celebrates Melinda Ryder’s 50 Years of Drag
“Arrive As A Star. Leave As A Star.” – Illuminating 50 Years of Melinda Ryder in Kansas City opened at the Museum of Kansas City this month. The exhibit celebrates the 50-year drag career of “Queen of Kansas City” Melinda Ryder, and includes a collection of costumes, images, and memorabilia. Curated by Ryder and husband…
Black Tulip Chorale presents “A Fond Embrace,” Sunday, May 18
Black Tulip Chorale, St. Louis’s LGBTQIA+ chorus for all voices announces the opening performance of its eighth season. The group opens its season with A FOND EMBRACE at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 18, at First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood, 100 E. Adams, Kirkwood, Missouri. The concert celebrates women composers from around the world. “Our program…
Hibearnation 28 is bringing Bears of the World to St. Louis for a Meat Market Like No Other
By Cubby T Gruff and ready gays have been earning their stripes at Hibearnation for the past twenty-seven years, and the legendary Show-Me Bears will make no exception of 2025. Spanning Halloween weekend from Thursday, October 30 through the wee hours of the morning on Monday, November 3, Hibearnation 28 will be stuffed with events…
Cara Spencer Makes Big LGBTQ+ Push in Campaign’s Final Weekend
Alderwoman Cara Spencer has made frequent appearances in LGBTQ+ spaces throughout the campaign. On Sunday, Bastille will host a meet and greet for her at 1:30 p.m. The bar will be serving pork carnitas and street corn. At 3:00, Just John will host a “Sashay to the Ballot Box” event for the candidate. Mayor Tishaura…