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Crown Media's Chief Executive Officer Bill Abbott resigned, on Wednesday, in the wake of last month's scandal that rocked the company's Hallmark Channel when it caved to outcry from anti-LGBTQ Evangelical activists and pulled the plug on a series of...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - National Endowment for the Arts has approved 1,187 grants totaling $27.3 million in the first round of fiscal year 2020 funding to support arts projects in every state in the nation, as well as the District...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Hamburger Mary’s St. Louis announced, on Monday, that it has raised one hundred thousand dollars to date for local St. Louis charities and non-for-profit organizations. Since 2018, Hamburger Mary’s St. Louis has collaborated with over forty...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Join thousands of friends, neighbors and community members at the 4th Annual St. Louis Women’s March on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, in downtown St. Louis. The event begins with a welcome at 10:00 a.m. at the...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - St. Louis is poised to become the third city in Missouri to ban the controversial practice of so-called "conversion therapy" for minors following Friday's overwhelming vote by the Board of Aldermen outlawing the practice. Mayor Lyda...

Metro Trans Umbrella Group presents 24 hours of trans and queer-led entertainment at the 3rd Annual MTUG Telethon LIVE on YouTube and Facebook Live, December 7-8th. For 24 continuous hours starting at noon on Saturday, December 7 until noon...

St. Louis County’s latest legal maneuvers in the case of Keith Wildhaber, a police sergeant who was discriminated against based on his sex and sexual orientation, is a hypocritical effort to dodge responsibility for a discriminatory workplace that County officials...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. —The Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA) has been filed once again, making this the 22nd year MONA has been filed in a row. As legislative pre-filing began today, Representative Greg Razer (D-25-Kansas City) took the opportunity to help...

Raoul, 22 Attorneys General Argue Transgender Students Should Use Restrooms Consistent with Their Gender Identities Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general to file an amicus brief in the Court of Appeals for the 4th...

The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, on Saturday, elected the Rev. Deon K. Johnson as its 11th diocesan bishop at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown St. Louis. Johnson was elected on the first ballot during an election that involved 164 voting...

We pause each year at this time to reflect, commemorate, and mourn on the International Transgender Day of Remembrance. This day has a long history beginning here in the United States. The Transgender Day of Remembrance, or TDOR, was founded...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - A bill banning the controversial practice of so-called "conversion therapy" for minors will be introduced in the St. Louis Board of Aldermen on Friday, KMOX reports. "Reparative" or "conversion therapy," a widely discredited practice...

Halloween Ball Fundraiser includes Dancing, Food, and Spooky Drag Show ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Mark your calendar and join Pride St. Charles for a night of spooktacular fun as they celebrate the Halloween spirit and raise funds to support their...

Today, October 11, is the 31st anniversary National Coming Out Day — a now internationally observed day to celebrate coming out and to raise awareness of the LGBTQIA+ community and its achievements. The term “coming out” refers to publicly acknowledging...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline (SQSH [pronounced squish]) has launched its phone lines for members of the LGBTQIA+ community in the greater St. Louis area. This peer support helpline is the only one of...

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Following a late night vote, on Monday, The Columbia City Council affirmed a ban on the practice of so-called conversion therapy on juveniles. Mizzou Dr. Aaron Sapp said during the public hearing the controversial and discredited technique...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - In a joint announcement, this week, The St. Louis LGBT History Project (Project) and Pride St. Louis, Inc. (Pride) unveiled an expanded archival and programming partnership designed to better elevate the importance of the struggle, impact,...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Boo at the Zoo Nights presented by SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital runs nightly, Oct. 15-30 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the St. Louis Zoo. The Zoo will be decked out in all its...

For anyone who has ever felt like they don’t matter, Dixie’s Tupperware Party is a southern tale of empowerment that leaves your heart a little bigger and your food a little fresher. After a hugely successful inaugural event, St. Louis...

The modernized policy means medical documentation of a gender transition is no longer required in order to correct the gender marker on a driver’s license or state ID card Under a new policy implemented by the Illinois Secretary of State’s...