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21c Museum Hotel Announces Pop Stars! Pride Prom on Friday, June 13, Supporting MTUG

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,

The Museum of Kansas City Celebrates Melinda Ryder’s 50 Years of Drag

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

A Reason for Optimism: Local Universities Prepare to Fight

A Reason for Optimism: Local Universities Prepare to Fight

By Novice Sister Pattie O’Pounder On the bright afternoon of March 20, the T-REX Center in downtown St Louis buzzed with energy as faculty and staff from local universities gathered with regional nonprofit leaders for a networking luncheon that aimed to address a pressing issue: the support and protection of LGBTQIA+ students in a political

Hibearnation 28 is bringing Bears of the World to St. Louis for a Meat Market Like No Other

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

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

Cocktail Competition Benefiting PROMO to Be Held at Platypus April 13

Cocktail Competition Benefiting PROMO to Be Held at Platypus April 13

PROMO is Missouri’s statewide LGBTQ+ public policy and advocacy organization, and a fun way to get acquainted with them and support their critical work is by attending their Merryvale Antigua Cocktail Competition at Platypus on Sunday, April 13 from 2-4 p.m. St. Louis’ finest bartenders will compete in a cocktail showdown that mixes sweet flavors

2009 Miss Gay Missouri America, Erica Foxx, Comes Out of Retirement to Roast Grey Fox

2009 Miss Gay Missouri America, Erica Foxx, Comes Out of Retirement to Roast Grey Fox

Folks are coming out of the woodwork to attend Saturday’s Roast of Grey Fox, benefitting Pride St. Louis. You may not think Grey Fox has much woodwork to speak of, but somewhere, buried under layers of paint, dust, and mildew, lies knotty pine paneling, according to Foxx. “I can’t remember the actual year, maybe 2001,

Blue Max Celebrates 50 Years With Mayoral Proclamation, Saturday Party at Bastille

Blue Max Celebrates 50 Years With Mayoral Proclamation, Saturday Party at Bastille

Blue Max will celebrate 50 years of brotherhood, inclusivity, and community at Bastille on Saturday evening beginning at 9:00 pm, and the entire community is invited. This afternoon, Mayor Tishaura Jones issued a Proclamation that March 8, 2025 is “Blue Max CC 50th Anniversary Day” in the City of St. Louis. For 50 years, Blue

Photos From the Sequin Circuit at Soulard Mardi Gras ’25

Photos From the Sequin Circuit at Soulard Mardi Gras ’25

Each intersection has its own tribe and flavor at Soulard Mardi Gras. Russell and Menard stands out as “the Sequin Circuit” because of all of the outlandish costumes and performers. The Hi-Hat Stage was worthy of that moniker, featuring dazzling entertainment all day. The Belles of Bevo performed for thousands of enthusiastic revelers, followed later

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

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