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Colin Murphy. Photo courtesy of Colin Lovett

2024 Queer-in-Review

2024 Queer-in-Review

Did 2024 represent the pinnacle of LGBTQ acceptance, leaving us with nowhere to go but down?  The nearly $215 million in anti-LGBTQ ads this election season, and Trump’s resulting victory, certainly makes it feel that way. Winter is in the air, and Corporate America is dispensing with diversity programs like flip flops at an end-of-summer

STL’s Oldest LGBTQ Bar Celebrates 36 Years on Saturday

STL’s Oldest LGBTQ Bar Celebrates 36 Years on Saturday

Tucked deep within the southeast corner of Tower Grove South is the gritty and glittery Grey Fox Pub (3503 S Spring Ave), which serves as the corner bar for the numerous queer folks residing in the surrounding blocks—a decidedly less-gentrified part of the neighborhood some refer to as “Grey Fox Hills.” Later in the evening, the

Summer Sensation: STL Fringe Fest 24

Summer Sensation: STL Fringe Fest 24

In its 13th year, the STLFringe FEST celebrates over 40 ticketed independent productions as well as a myriad of free events and performances spanning August 12th –18th in the Grand Center Arts District and beyond. This year’s offerings are a baker’s dozen of all-star independent artist lineage. From a play in a bathtub to the

Boys in the Band theatrical art.

Laurence Luckinbill Is a Straight Man Who Helped Make Gay History

Laurence Luckinbill Is a Straight Man Who Helped Make Gay History

The first series of events organized in October 1994 for the inaugural LGBTQ+ History Month was a film festival on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where I was completing a graduate degree in history. Ten films were screened on four successive Monday nights: October 3, 10, 17 and 24. Among the selections

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