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Barry Falke Is Changing Missouri’s Red Cross for the Better
Today’s American Red Cross is not the one your grandpa knew post World War II. Most people associate it with the blood drive and with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ban on homosexual and bisexual men being able to give blood. But the Red Cross has actually been fighting that archaic policy with a…
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…
Hamburger Mary’s St. Louis Host Online Drag Show to Benefit St. Louis First Responders
Press Release (St. Louis, MO) April 15th, 2020 – Hamburger Mary’s St. Louis is proud to announce that they have raised over $1,000 dollars for St. Louis First Responders. St. Louis Cares, a Benefit for St. Louis First Responders, was hosted online by Hamburger Mary’s St. Louis on Monday April 14th. Drag Performers from all…
“Here For Good” Movement Helping to Save St. Louis Small Businesses
Local Screen Print Shop, Tiny Little Monster, Gets Creative for Businesses in Need St. Louis, MO: Tiny Little Monster, a small print shop in St. Louis, has created an online store for local St. Louis businesses to sell branded t-shirts to help their struggling operations. The online store features t-shirts for individual small businesses that…
Where the Bears Are: Show Me Bears at the Quarter-Century Mark
Twenty-five years ago, when the Show Me Bears first became an official organization, the moniker conjured forth images of big guys who proudly sported beer bellies, beards and lots of body hair. In the early 1990s, when gays in the military would have been an off-the-charts hashtag had hashtags existed, there was something intriguingly subversive…