This Sunday, August 24th, is a chance to hear from 2025 Stonewall Book Award Honoree and longtime LGBTQ+ journalist Nico Lang, the author of American Teenager: How Trans Kids are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era. They will host a reading and conversation with LGBTQIA+ youth and their families at Left Bank…
Get ready to gag on glam, St. Louis—the queens are coming, and they’re bringing the full fantasy. On Saturday, September 21, 2025, the legendary Werq The World Tour struts into The Factory in Chesterfield, transforming the stage into a glittering spectacle of gowns, gossip, and good old-fashioned drag drama. Curtain time is 7:30 PM, but…
Ever wish you could have a mix of high fashion and unshakable fierceness wrapped inside a bass-driven club anthem? In anticipation of their upcoming The Knockout Tour, Drag Race icons Gottmik and Violet Chachki step into the ring with their explosive new single, TKO—a track that hits as hard as it struts. Co-produced by Novodor and…
After a long, hot summer, most parents are eyeing the return of school with the enthusiasm of…well…a parent excited about school starting soon. Sure, you’ll be back to helping with last-minute science projects and decoding whatever new math sorcery teachers are using these days. But compared to juggling work, family, youth activities, and record-breaking heat?…
If you missed Toto’s Dogz of Oz Tour at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre this past week, you missed more than just a concert—you missed a full-blown celebration of classic hits, world-class musicianship, and communal nostalgia. From the first notes, the crowd’s energy was electric, surging with anticipation for the songs that have soundtracked decades.…
While the Texas redistricting fight is getting all the attention at the moment, the Kansas City area is also in Trump’s crosshairs. That begs the question: Why aren’t they trying to mess with Missouri’s largest Democratic stronghold? Let’s look at that. 🔴 1. Kansas City Is More Vulnerable Politically Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver’s 5th District,…
Thousands of wildly costumed and nude cyclists will gather in Grove this afternoon for the World Naked Bike Ride. The costume contest will begin at 4:20pm with the following categories: Grooviest Moves Cutest Crew Hairiest Human Dopest DIY Most Outlandish The ride will begin at 6pm. It’s magical to ride through the city en masse…
A narcissistic injury is a term rooted in psychoanalytic theory, referring to a perceived threat or insult to a narcissist’s self-image. It’s not necessarily a dramatic public humiliation—often, it can be a subtle slight, a disagreement, or a challenge to their authority, competence, or specialness. To most people, such experiences may sting momentarily but are…
There’s a movement happening quietly, emotionally, almost desperately. I call it The Great Unplug. For Gen Z, the Zoomers, raised on swipe screens and cloud-based everything, ownership is virtual and fleeting. Their books? In the cloud. Their music? Streamed. Their social lives? Curated, filtered, and timestamped. They don’t collect things, because they were never taught…
I recently made a quick trip from Minnesota to my gaeytin to visit friends and see a musical. Where is my gaeytin you ask? St. Louis and thus it is fitting that I drop the word gaeytin here. While sipping coffee at my favorite queer coffeehouse, I picked up a copy of Out In STL.…
