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ST. LOUIS – EducationPlus' Cooperating School District Insurance Trust (CSD), a a self-insured option available to all public school districts in Missouri. will start including same-sex spouses and their dependent children. Now in its 23rd year, CSD Insurance Trust...

COLUMBIA, MO – Boone County will grant employment, retirement and survivor benefits to same-sex spouses of county employees beginning Jan. 1, the Columbia Daily Tribune reports. According to Boone County Human Resources Director Jenna Redel-Reed, the county will offer...

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Attorney Drey Cooley of St. Louis-based law firm Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan, P.C., presented arguments to the Missouri Supreme Court in the Marriage of: M.S. v. D.S., in which a man sought a divorce from...

ST. LOUIS – County employees that participate in the County Employees’ Retirement Fund (CERF) that are legally married (including same-sex couples) are now entitled to retirement benefits. There are 112 counties that participate in CERF that covers over 10,000 participants...

KANSAS CITY, MO – On Friday, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed notice to appeal the federal marriage decision in Lawson v. Kelly declaring Missouri’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. While the November 7 ruling by by U.S. District Court...

ST. LOUIS – “The Gayborhood” radio show, which airs Monday-Friday on 1380 the X from 4-6 p.m., is returning to a Saturday only rotation. Billed as city’s first LGBT drive time program on commercial radio, host Show Me Charlotte...

CHARIS, The St. Louis Women’s Chorus is seeking applicants for a new Artistic Director (AD). The part-time paid position will begin on May 1, 2015. The new AD will be responsible for the overall artistic preparation and performance of the...

ST. LOUIS – Over a dozen volunteers descended on an icy Art Hill in Forest Park at 1 a.m. this morning to spell out the word AIDS using tea light candles placed in bags. AIDS on Art Hill, an art...

Approximately 150 transgender activists, allies, and equality supporters marched in the Grove on a frigid Thanksgiving Eve for the annual Trans and Ally Rally/March organized by the Metro Trans Umbrella Group (MTUG). Participants met at the parking lot of Commerce...

Add Arkansas and Mississippi to the growing list of states to have their same-sex marriage bans overturned by federal judges. Both decisions striking down 2004 voter-approved constitutional amendments were handed down Tuesday. Stays have been issued while the states can...

The National LGBTQ Task Force describes the grand jury's decision not to indict Ferguson, Mo., officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown as "shocking and painful for millions." The following statement is by Rev. Darlene Nipper, Deputy Executive...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri has filed a lawsuit on behalf of an Ozark, Mo., fire department captain seeking spousal benefits for same-sex couples. The lawsuit, filed in federal court on behalf of Capt. Andrea...

Capping off Transgender Awareness Month, and immediately following this week’s Transgender Day of Remembrance will be the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ Transgender Spectrum Conference, Nov. 21-22, 2014. The two-day conference, an interdisciplinary event, will be held in the JC Penney...

Missouri’s two largest cities have again earned perfect scores from The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization. The third annual Municipal Equality Index (MEI) released yesterday asseses LGBT equality in...

ST. LOUIS – Over 3,100 petitions were delivered by community leaders, married same-sex couples and clergy to Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster’s office at the Old Post Office downtown, Wednesday morning. The signatures from thousands of Missourians from across the...

ST. LOUIS – The 31st St. Louis Veteran’s Day Parade wound through the streets of St. Louis on Saturday afternoon. Thousands descended on downtown to celebrate “Heroes Remembered: Celebrating 250 Years as a City and All Who Served.” Active duty...

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, today, denied the Kansas request to stay U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree's decision overturning the Kansas same-sex marriage ban stemming from a legal challenge from two lesbian couples. According to Equality Kansas, same-sex marriage...

KANSAS CITY - Today, U.S. District Court Judge Otrie D. Smith ruled Missouri’s marriage ban unconstitutional. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, who personally supports marriage equality, said he will appeal the ruling to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals....

ST. LOUIS, MO - St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison, today, ruled that Missouri’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional paving the way for marriage equality to go forward in the Gateway City and possibly other areas of the state....

ST. LOUIS – ChoiceArt has emerged as one of the most anticipated arts events in the Gateway City having raised more than $100,000 for Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri since its founding in 2010. Hosted...