Long before Keith Boykin stood in the East Room of the White House helping orchestrate the first-ever meeting between a sitting U.S. president and LGBT leaders, he was just a kid growing up in St. Louis. It’s easy to forget that icons often start right next door. Boykin, who lived here until high school before…
Influencers
314 Day: Notable LGBTQ St. Louisans Share What They Love About the City
We are St. Louis. A city at the confluence of the continent’s two mightiest rivers. A city that rose from land covered in mysterious manmade mounds. Land that was the site of the largest Native American city north of present-day Mexico—larger than London in 1100 AD. We were French and Spanish before we were American,…
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.
The 10 Most Influential People in LGBTQ+ St. Louis in 2024
Meet this year’s Out in STL Awards honorees
The Influencers: 2020
Our editorial team assembled this list of influencers in January, before COVID-19, the subsequent financial collapse, and well before the seismic shift in the discussion on policing and race spurred by the murder of George Floyd. The world is a very different place than it was six months ago. We are proud to say that…
Mark Moore: Socializer with a Cause
“Taking the time to smile at someone and say hello can change them. Doing something this simple can sometimes make or break a life,” says Mark Moore, whose profile has been rising in the LGBT+ community since 2011. Moore speaks with positivity and high energy during our conversation. We talk about his roles in the…
James Lesch: A No Show for Drama
With more than a decade of front-row involvement in St. Louis’ queer community, James Lesch, 34, feels right at home in the thick of things. At the same time, in spite of the fact that there is almost always something brewing, he’s widely known – and respected – for his ability to stay above the…
Heather Brown-Hudson: The Teacher
A fired-up teacher who believes in you can make all the difference. Dr. Heather Brown-Hudson is the chair of the gender studies program at Lindenwood University. Her time there began in 2010, teaching in the French and English departments. In 2013, she pitched a gender studies program, and it took off. “The program began and…
Brandon Reid: Turnaround Artist
Brandon Reid is a youthful 33, but don’t let the babyface fool you — he’s packed a lot of life into those years. He puts all of it to good use in his personal and professional quests for bettering his fellow humans. “I was actually incarcerated,” Reid says. “So, eighteen years old, I caught a…
Grayson Chamberlain: Fashion Fixer
Figuring out what to wear on a date is tough enough. Throw in a closet full of clothes that don’t reflect your true gender expression (and a strapped student bank account) and the task becomes that much tougher. Grayson Chamberlain loaned some natty button-downs to a fellow trans man on his dorm floor for a…
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