By Joan Lipkin St. Louis friends may recall our bringing gay performance artist Tim Miller to St. Louis years ago to help launch our AC/DC Series at the late St. Marcus Theatre with his groundbreaking piece My Queer Body. It rocked our theatre community and its censorial overseers. The printer didn’t want to print the…
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Art of PAWS & People Brings Art, Community and Pet Care Together
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.…
Bonnie McKee – Heaven Is A Gay Bar
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…
‘Trans Handy Ma’am’ Mercury Stardust Brings Bestseller Tour to St. Louis on Tuesday 9/29
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…
‘Influx’ Explores Queer Resilience Through the Natural World
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…
Save the Date: Amplify the Arch Returns March 7
On a cool winter morning in St. Louis County, the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel shimmered with sequins, tote bags, nervous parents, seasoned organizers and wide-eyed teenagers. By day’s end, more than 300 people had stepped through the rainbow archway of Amplify the Arch: A Conference BY and FOR Queer Youth. Amplify the Arch…
Beyond the Wig Series: Lucy Couture Wants Us to Add a Little Mess to Our Mondays
Lucy Couture’s notes-app calendar is booked out for months. Sometimes she has multiple shows on one day – and this isn’t even her main gig. Weston – the man behind Lucy’s voluptuous blonde wig – is a preschool teacher by day. Lucy got into drag on a dare. While in the professional cast of a…
Michelle Branch: 25 Years of The Spirit Room
Twenty-five years later, the room is still open. On August 14, 2001, a young singer-songwriter from Sedona, Arizona, released an album that would become one of the defining pop-rock records of its generation. That album was The Spirit Room. Before the major-label success came “Broken Bracelet,” Branch’s independent 2000 release on Twin…
“If It Ain’t Spit, It Ain’t Love” — Peaches Brings “No Lube So Rude” to St. Louis
“If it ain’t spit, it ain’t love.” There probably isn’t a better way to introduce Peaches—the unapologetic provocateur, performance artist and electro-punk icon who has spent more than two decades turning sexuality, gender, identity and freedom into an art form. On September 14, 2026, Peaches brings her No Lube So Rude Tour to The Sovereign…
Betty Neeley: Riding Ahead of Her Time, Preserving the Herstory of St. Louis
Long before St. Louis had an organized LGBTQ motorcycle scene, before women riders had a place in groups such as Dykes on Bikes, Betty D. Neeley was already riding. Neeley, turning 90 this month, began riding motorcycles in 1949, at an age when a teenage girl taking to the streets on a motorcycle was…