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Zach Towers started a new radio show on Sirius XM. | COURTESY PHOTO

St. Louis Native Launches New Sex Positive Radio Show

St. Louis Native Launches New Sex Positive Radio Show

For Zach Towers, growing up queer in a religious household in Missouri predestined his own sex life to be … a journey, to put it nicely. Today, Towers hopes to make conversations around sex more accessible to those who need it. That’s why the St. Louis-born comedian, writer and actor started After Hours with Zach

Dakota Hommes in "The Treadmill Switcher" which will be at the upcoming QFest at the Hi-Pointe May 4 through May 10. | Courtesy Photo

St. Louis Queer Film Festival QFest Is More Relevant Than Ever

St. Louis Queer Film Festival QFest Is More Relevant Than Ever

LeeAnne Lowry’s short film “The Treadmill Switcher” is based on an actual incident. One day, she was in the gym and saw someone get on a treadmill a short distance from her and start running. “I couldn’t tell if they were a lesbian or a child,” she says. But the story didn’t occur to her

The Hearse Chaser: Steven Brawley Preserves LGBTQ History

The Hearse Chaser: Steven Brawley Preserves LGBTQ History

The nickname came up for the first time this past summer. When I heard of my friend Ed’s passing, in addition to being saddened by the loss of a special person, I was immediately concerned about his personal collection of local LGBTQIA+ history. What would happen to it? I got nervous. While I was researching

What’s a Gay Bar Anyway: Who Loses When Queer Spaces Shutter?

What’s a Gay Bar Anyway: Who Loses When Queer Spaces Shutter?

A year into a pandemic that’s vastly reconfigured LGBTQIA culture is a good time to reflect on the radical legacy of the gay bar and what’s next for queer spaces — in St. Louis and around the world. Google “gay bars near me” in St. Louis, and the pickings are slim and getting slimmer. (See

Pod Help Us All

Pod Help Us All

The best podcasts feel like being at a party with your cleverest friends, and Eric Williams’ That’s a Gay Ass Podcast hits the sweet spot. The podcast goes deep with comedians and celebrities, posting the provocative and fully tongue-in-cheek question: “Whose fault is it you’re gay?” Muny Kids alum Williams is NYC-based these days but

Three Friends, Not Shy: the Creators of One Brick Shy Cast St. Louis as a Star in their New Comedy Series

Three Friends, Not Shy: the Creators of One Brick Shy Cast St. Louis as a Star in their New Comedy Series

For almost two hours, it’s only their voices — Abby Dorning and Jenna McDonald, best friends, former college roommates, Bridesmaids fanatics and, most recently, co-creators and co-stars of the comedy series One Brick Shy. The week of Thanksgiving, an in-person meeting seems not only difficult to arrange, but irresponsible, perhaps even deadly. And on laptop

Biker Clubs and Queer History: Stories of Rebel Queers in St. Louis

Biker Clubs and Queer History: Stories of Rebel Queers in St. Louis

Picture it: St. Louis, 2003. You’re a young queer person from southern Illinois, in the big city for your first-ever Pride parade. You’re scared shitless, horny as hell and trying to look cool. You’ve managed to score prime real estate on the parade route because in your nervousness you accidentally showed up two hours early.

Black Ballroom Expo Was the Tea

Black Ballroom Expo Was the Tea

Inspired by Black History Month and the award-winning and critically-acclaimed FX series Pose, the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) conceived the Inaugural Black Ballroom Expo: Then and Now to celebrate members of the Black queer community and National HIV & AIDS Awareness Week. Several Black queer youth and an UMSL recruiter established “SERVE,” a collaborative

Men of the Match: Kevin Hayes, Jr. & Mike Lehmkuhle are Bringing Dating Back

Men of the Match: Kevin Hayes, Jr. & Mike Lehmkuhle are Bringing Dating Back

What is it about new romance that captivates us? Supermarket checkout lanes are lined with cover photos of attractive, freshly minted couples. We even went through a phase of coming up with cute names for them, like TomKat and Brangelina. Whatever the reason, public interest is undeniable. The dominance of hookup culture has made getting

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