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…
Culture
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
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…
A Booming SIRenity Farms Reigns Supreme in Franklin County
Owners Dennis Duncan and Michael Dekeyser are expanding the all-male campground with new amenities and are opening a new site for the entire LGBTQ+ community.
Everyone We Saw at the Pride United Ball and Out in STL Awards
Folks from all corners of the community came together for a beautiful evening of love and camaraderie.
These Lesbian Influencers Are Revolutionizing Reaching People in Need
St. Louis therapists Cindy and Christina Hardin-Weiss’s health videos have views in the multi-millions.
St. Louis’ Tumara Mahorning Is the Last Bitch Standing
Bar PM’s wildly irreverent drag show director spills a little tea.
A Guide to St. Louis Pride in 2024
We keep our Pride celebrations going all the way into the fall.
The 10 Most Influential People in LGBTQ+ St. Louis in 2024
Meet this year’s Out in STL Awards honorees
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…