LGBTQIA+ communities all over the state are rising to meet the moment. At a time when face-to-face connection to our community feels both urgent and powerful, a series of gatherings is working to carve out space for community, visibility, and action across Missouri. PROMO Missouri’s “We’re Queer + We Live Here” series, started in 2024,…
Butch in the Streets: A South Grand Lesbian Story
When I was pretending to be straight in my early twenties, I met one of the most incredible women in South City. Her name was Bay Tran. Bay’s family came to St. Louis from Vietnam. Fast forward to the streets of South Grand in the early 2000s—I reunited with the one and only Bay, one…
The Notebook at the Fabulous Fox Theatre: A Love That Outlasts Time
The Notebook, now playing at the Fabulous Fox Theatre through November 16, is more than a love story. It’s a reminder of how deep connection can last, even when memory fades. Based on Nicholas Sparks’ novel, this stage version could have felt predictable. Instead, it’s beautifully done. The direction by Michael Greif and Schele Williams…
OUTCRY, Really Me, A Man With Sole and more queer films featured at SLIFF 2025
By Ethan Tarantella Alongside the major studio projects, locally produced films and potential Oscar contenders at the 34th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) are a number of independent queer documentaries. Some have been screened at festivals as big as Sundance, others are just starting their festival run, but all are worthy of…
Get Ready to Turn It Up at AMPLIFY THE ARCH!
A one-of-a-kind celebration made BY and FOR queer youth here in St. Louis Coming January 2026, Amplify the Arch: A Conference BY and FOR Queer Youth will mark the first city-wide gathering of its kind, created with and for LGBTQ+ high-school students across the Greater St. Louis area. This free, one-day celebration of queer creativity,…
Acoustic Duo Ryanhood Celebrates 20 Years of Virtuosity, Heart and Humor at Blue Strawberry Oct. 16
Named ‘Best Group/Duo’ in the International Acoustic Music Awards, acoustic duo Ryanhood got their first break as street performers at Boston’s Quincy Market. It was there that they were spotted by a college booking agent and thrust into the college touring scene, where Campus Activities Magazine would name them “one of the most requested acts by college…
Oct. 10-12: Union Avenue Opera Launches Inaugural One-Act Festival with Groundbreaking Contemporary Works
Union Avenue Opera (UAO) is proud to present its first-ever One-Act Festival, October 10–12, featuring two compelling contemporary operas: As One and dwb (driving while black). Together, these works explore urgent themes of identity, justice, and resilience, brought to life on the UAO stage. As One, the most produced contemporary opera in the United States, follows the journey of…
Right-Wing Group Vows to Doxx All Y’all
There’s only one thing Dent County, Missouri hates more than the free-thinking, outspoken Julie Heyn Strebe living among them, and that’s a bunch of St. Louis liberals opening their purses to move her here. They’re livid, vowing to harass every employer of hers going forward, and trying to get GoFundMe to pull the fundraiser. Now,…
Let’s Do the Time Warp Again: Rocky Horror Turns 50!
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and there’s no better way to celebrate than with St. Louis’s own shadow cast, Erotic Nightmares! 🫦 This fabulously weird and wildly entertaining troupe will be hitting three local theaters for a string of unforgettable performances: Chase Park Plaza Cinema…
The Salem (MO) Witch Trials
When a teen was kicked out for being gay, this progressive mom took him in. He destroyed her life over Charlie Kirk. “You gotta be fucking kidding me. Read this,” John Strebe said to his wife Julie Heyn Strebe as he passed the phone across the table last weekend. He had been scrolling Facebook when…