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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Commuters along I-64 will be treated to a dazzling display of rainbow lighting courtesy of the Saint Louis Science Center's James S. McDonnell Planetarium in Forest Park in honor of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Missouri legislator has introduced a bill that would make it illegal for the state to enforce a marriage other than between a man and a woman and allow for the firing of government employees who...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey, a Republican from St. Charles, has filed a bill asking for the ability to intervene in lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of state laws in cases where the attorney general...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri Senate panel met today to consider the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act or MONA (SB 237), which would bar discrimination in the state based on sexual orientation or gender identity in housing, employment and public...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri, Columbia will offer a new gender-neutral housing option starting this fall. According to the Columbia Daily Tribune, the 16-bed space in College Avenue Hall will be open to students of any gender with...

TOPEKA, Kansas – Thousands are expected today at the Kansas state capital to rally in protest against Gov. Sam Brownback's decision to rescind an executive order that offered protections to LGBT state employees. The rally, spearheaded by Equality Kansas, ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a St. Louis County Circuit Court judge should not have dismissed a request to divorce a same-sex couple. The state High Court stopped short of deciding on the...

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments this spring from three states, including Missouri, defending same-sex marriage bans. Tuesdays announcement granting consideration of an appeal challenging South Dakota's same-sex marriage ban combined with cases the Court is...

ST. LOUIS - Williams& Associates, Inc., a community based agency addressing minority health disparities in St. Louis, announced today that Michael Sam, who made history as America’s first openly-gay professional football player, will join the ranks of actor Idris Elba,...

ST. LOUIS - Steven Brawley, head of the St. Louis LGBT History Project has picked up checks for approximately $2,412 at Just John nightclub. The funds, which included an anonymous matching donation, were raised at the annual Bartender's Review held...

ST. LOUIS - Echoing concerns voiced last week by The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, The Archdiocese of St. Louis is criticizing a Catholic-based hospital group's consideration of extending benefits to same-sex partners of employees. The...

CHICAGO – Equality Illinois on Tuesday announced an initiative to pass legislation banning ineffectual and dangerous conversion therapy during this new term of the Illinois General Assembly in order to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children State Rep. Kelly...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau says he is “deeply concerned” about a decision from a Catholic-based hospital group to extend benefits to same-sex spouses of employees. The Mercy Health System, which has...

SPRINGFIELD, MO - Over the past several months, PROMO has worked closely with 47 Missouri hospitals, that have included 105 new LGBT welcoming policies to their own internal policies. In Southwest Missouri, the state's LGBT advocacy organization has worked...

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Effort for AIDS (EFA) may have fallen short of its goal to break a world record for the most people tested for HIV in one day, Dec. 1, but the longtime AIDS Service Organization managed...

ST. LOUIS - PROMO, Missouri's statewide LGBT advocacy organization has unveiled Missouri Businesses for Equality, a new online directory designed so individuals can find a business across the state that supports LGBT equality. The website at MoEqualityBiz.com uses GPS...

Though many were aware that Howard Meyer had been battling cancer for the past two years, news of the LGBT community leader, philanthropist and business leader's passing yesterday morning still struck like a thunderbolt. Meyer, 61, was larger than...

ST. LOUIS - Dozens of LGBT and allied community members lit candles and stood outside the Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis on Friday, Jan. 2 in solidarity with thousands across the country in remembrance of Leelah Alcorn, a...

The Missouri Health Equity Collaborative (MOHEC) has been collaborating with TransParent to create a series of podcasts about the parents of transgender youth. The series provides the parents’ perspective of how families living with gender nonconfirming youth adapt over time....

LOS ANGELES— LGBT Americans face greater social and economic disparities in the South, Midwest, and Mountain states, according to a new Williams Institute report sponsored by Credit Suisse, a longtime partner of the Williams Institute. The report reviews social climate,...