For decades, Corporate America spent a fortune openly wooing the LGBTQ+ community. These days, the handful of companies who will still take our calls are asking to keep it on the down low. That’s certainly the position Pride St. Louis finds itself in. As one the Midwest’s largest Pride festivals, drawing 300,000, it was a…
A History of Pride in St. Louis
The year after Stonewall in 1970, what we now call Pride events began taking place across America. While St. Louis did not host its first Pride until 1980, many foundational events paved the way for modern era Pride celebrations across the St. Louis region. In 1977 and 1978, local gay rights rallies were held in…