Metro Trans Umbrella Group (MTUG) is hosting its sixth annual art show at the Mad Art Gallery in St. Louis on April 13. The e...
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URBANAIRE: Celebrating Equality FlorALL Missourians
PROMO, Missouri’s statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization, is "blooming with excitement" in anticipation of its largest annual fundraiser, URBANAIRE – "celebrating equality florALL Missourians". The always unique event unfolds on Saturday, May 11 at Cortex Innovation Community (4240 Duncan Avenue, 63110).
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Foodies unite! St. Louis Effort for AIDS (EFA) marks its 26th year participating in Dining Out for Life (DOFL) on T...
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced, on Friday, that the state's Medicaid program would start covering gender-affirming hea...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Legislation ensuring the option of a non-binary designation on an Illinois driver’s license passed the Il...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian...
The U.S. Supreme Court, on Monday, announced it has agreed to take up a set of potentially game-changing cases involving LGBT...
National Politics
Local Politics
Mayor Pete Buttigieg Is First Openly LGBTQ Democratic Presidential Candidate in U.S. History WASHINGTON, D.C. – ...
Lori Lightfoot won in Chicago, Satya Rhodes-Conway won in Madison, and Jolie Justus placed in her primary and will advance to...
Jolie Justus would make history as the first openly LGBTQ mayor in Kansas City, MO WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Human...
Lori Lightfoot, an out black lesbian, will be advancing to a runoff in the marquee race for Chicago mayor. ...
Arts & Entertainment
Geek
Producer Jo Schuman Silver announced, on Wednesday, "Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon"—a beloved San Francisco institutio...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Q Collective has announced the cast of John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s gro...
Find Yourself at 28 Barbary Lane on June 7, 2019 when New Limited Series Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City Launches ...
Pop music superstar Celine Dion announced, on Wednesday, that she will be embarking on her Courage World Tour, set to kick of...
The groundbreaking documentary Transgeek: The Intersection of Gender Identity and Geek Culture will have its Midwes...
For a year, acclaimed British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay was embedded on the set of the hit HBO series “Game of Thrones,” chroni...
Emoji-approving organization Unicode announced 230 new emojis that will be released this year. The new emojis are meant...
'Justice League,' 'Game of Thrones' Standout To Appear Saturday, April 7, at America’s Center Jason Momoa, who rocketed to ...
Equality
Pride
Non-Profit
Our Tribe
Dear Equality Supporter, As the end of Missouri’s 100th legislative session slowly approaches, I’m excited to tell y...
Dear Equality Supporter, This past week, I testified against House Bill 837, proposed by Representative Hannah Kelly...
America’s leading employers are stepping up for LGBTQ workers even in cities and states that offer no protections to LGBTQ co...
Last weekend, 12 St. Louis area volunteer leaders traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) annual E...
Cast of POSE, Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, Gay Liberation Front, The Trevor Project, Monica Helms to lead NEW YORK, NY ...
Parade route includes Frenchtown and Historic Main Street ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Pride St. Charles (PSC) announced via l...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Preparations for PrideFest 2019 are underway as organizers reveal the dates, location and theme of next year...
Black Pride St. Louis introduced its 2018 -2019 Board of Directors at a Meet & Greet Happy Hour event on Thursday at Evan...
Music superstar and long-time LGBTQ ally Taylor Swift has made a sizeable ($113K) donation to the Tennessee Equality Project ...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—PFLAG National—the nation's first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and quee...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The 2019 CLUB RED gala is being held Saturday, February 2, to support the programs, services, and mission of...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), announced that HRC President Chad Griffin has informed the Board ...
Logo to Broadcast 30th Anniversary Ceremony on Sunday, May 12 at 8pm ET/PT GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, ...
The oldest LGBTQ organization in North America, The International Imperial Courts of the U.S.A, Canada and Mex...
GLAAD announced, on Wednesday, that Emmy Award-winning host, producer, and author Andy Cohen is slated to receive the Vito Ru...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Fresh off of last month's critically acclaimed production of The Vagina Monologues honoring the 50th anniver...
Tech/Science
Tech giant Google pulled a controversial app from its store, late Thursday, that championed the widely-condemned practice of ...
The president of Grindr, Scott Chen, has come under fire because of a personal Facebook post he made late last week. In the p...
In a significant move, Twitter has changed its rules to prohibit misgendering and deadnaming — i.e., deliberately referring t...
The social media platform Facebook has launched a new function letting members of the LGBTQ community mark and celebrate thei...
Travel
The last time I was in the Phoenix area was 2005, so when I was offered a chance to visit the city again, I jumped ...
Josh Rimer, host and producer of an interstitial program on Canada’s OUTtv and Joey Amato, publisher of Pride Journeys, have ...
Pride Journeys, a leading source for LGBT travel and lifestyle news has launched their first-ever LGBT Travel & Busi...
For years, my former boss at South Florida Gay News would rave about Portland, Oregon. He loved the free-spirited nature of t...
Sports
It was as if someone hosted a Pride night and forgot to bring the Pride. Literally. The St. Louis Blues third annual Pride Ni...
LONDON - International Gay Rugby (IGR) has applauded all unions, its member clubs and World Rugby, for standing together and ...
St. Louis Blues Hockey will host their third annual Pride Night at Enterprise Center on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 at 7 p.m. as L...
TOKYO, JAPAN - Tokyo has adopted an LGBT non-discrimination ordinance ahead of hosting the XXXII Olympic Summer Gam...
Opinion
If you are like me, your position on the 2020 presidential election might come down to this: You will elect any of t...
The Sultanate is one of few countries in the world to impose death penalty for consensual same-sex relations; to da...
This year is a major historic notch for our community. It marks the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. If you weren’t already awa...
America is more polarized now than it has been at almost any time in our history. That is where this column begins — with tho...
Wellness
Fitness
The Illinois House of Representatives, on Wednesday, voted to allow teenage Illinoisans as young as 12 years old to secure th...
The U.S. Congress and President Donald J. Trump, on Friday, adopted bipartisan appropriations legislation that will...
In his State of the Union tonight, President Donald J. Trump announced a notable goal to end HIV/AIDS transmissions by 2030. ...
With most state legislatures back in session, GLSEN released, on Wednesday, state-level data from its benchmark 2017&nbs...
The very thought of walking into a gym can send some gay men into a tailspin. Rivers of sweat. Accelerated heart ...
Every Monday I feel like some kind of a food priest hearing a confession. I have a client, call him Mike. “My food was ...
I remember an old pharmaceutical ad that extolled the virtues of better living through chemistry. It was something head...
An ancient Chinese philosopher once said, “The expert in anything was once a beginner.” (Or was it RuPaul?) Yes, it was RuPau...
Drag/Pageantry
Leather/Fetish
The 46th Miss Gay Missouri America Pageant was held Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Hamburger Mary's St. Louis wit...
The queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race must save the galaxy in their brand new Werq the World show, touring the USA and Canada with...
RuPaul’s Drag Race is an absolute phenomenon. With over 10 years on television, Drag Race has taken the art of female illusio...
The holidays are no time to get Grinchy–unless of course, you are Miss Gay America 2019 Andora Te'tee and there is ...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Mr. Missouri Leather celebrates 36 years of leathermen, Feb. 22-24, with all events taking place in the JJ's...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Living its motto of "doing something good... in leather", Blue Max CC presented a $1,000 donation at their m...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Midwest Puppy announced, on Monday, the recent changes to its corporate organization. Having filed for Midwe...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The annual Midwest Leather Weekend will take place October 5-7, at JJ’s Clubhouse & Bar near the Grove. ...
Featured Articles
Asian glamazon Manila Luzon takes the Bud Light Main Stage as emcee for St. Louis PrideFest on Saturday, June 28 from 6p.m. til close. The Ru Paul’s Drag Race alum and season three 1st runner-up has plenty in store for PrideFest audiences complete with her haut couture, barbed wit and vocals.
The large and in charge; the chunky, yet funky Latrice Royale takes over the PrideFest Bud Light Entertainment Stage to emcee and entertain on Sunday, June 28 from 2:15-4:15 p.m. and the RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4 finalist plans to turn the party!
Quest Diagnostics proudly presents Adore Delano who will emcee and entertain at the PrideFest Bud Light Entertainment Stage on Saturday, June 27 from 5-9 p.m. The RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 finalist (and American Idol alum) promises an infectious performance that will not soon be forgotten.
As of 2014, more than 36.9 million people are living with HIV with countless more having succumbed to the disease since 1981. Many events observing World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) are spent remembering those we have lost, raising funds for HIV/AIDS research and educating others about the disease. On the campus of Washington University, organizers helped to put a face to the disease, and a very beautiful one at that, who wants to help end the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS and continue to celebrate life.
