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On Sunday, November 2nd, the Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Saint Louis will welcome Maryville University Photo Media artist and Professor Scott Lawrence Angus as he presents: Transgender Heroes. Angus explores the American Civil War through the untold stories...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO – On October 28, 2014, Southeast Missouri State University's Board of Regents unanimously approved extending benefits to same-sex spouses of university employees of legally married couples. This decision was made based on the Barrier v. Vasterling decision...

ST. LOUIS –Show Me Marriage, a grassroots public education campaign to show all Missourians that Missouri is ready for marriage equality, is creating a list of LGBT-inclusive wedding vendors. According to Katie Stuckenschneider, Communication Organizer for PROMO, Missouri's statewide LGBT...

ST. LOUIS – When the Supreme Court struck down section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act last year, the federal government recognized marriages of same-sex couples for most purposes. However, the Social Security Administration and the Department of Veterans...

ST. LOUIS – This year has proven to be a monumental year for LGBT Missourians. Those monumental steps have been the recognition of out-of-state marriages by the State of Missouri, and the leadership of nearly 19 Missouri hospitals, who have...

SPRINGFIELD, MO – In a 6-3 vote last night, the Springfield City Council passed comprehensive nondiscrimination protections for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in employment, housing, and public accommodations. Council passed the comprehensive version, instead of the...

KANSAS CITY, MO – The ACLU of Kansas today filed a lawsuit against district court clerks in Douglas and Sedgwick counties for their refusal to issue marriage applications to two same-sex couples, despite the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals lifting...

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced Monday that he would not appeal last week’s circuit court judgment in Barrier v. Vasterling ruling that Missouri must recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in other states. The statement came on the heels of...

KANSAS CITY, MO – Circuit Judge J. Dale Youngs has ruled today that the marriages of 10 same-sex couples married out-of-state must be recognized by the state of Missouri. The decision came eight days after oral arguments at the Jackson...

ST. LOUIS – PROMO, Missouri’s statewide LGBT advocacy organization today sent a letter to supporters addressing the delay in decisions in two court cases challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage: Dear Equality Supporter; The last two...

ST. LOUIS – Marriage Equality was again before a Missouri court today as St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison heard arguments on the constitutionality of Missouri’s ban on same-sex marriage. The City of St. Louis is challenging the ban after...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oral arguments were heard Thursday morning at the Jackson County Courthouse in a historic lawsuit filed by the ACLU on behalf of 10 Missouri same-sex couples who were legally married elsewhere. Attorney Tony Rothert of...

ST. LOUIS - A total of 75 faith and clergy leaders in Missouri have come together to say, “I support the marriage of ALL Missourians.” The 75 clergy and faith leaders represent a wide range of denominations from across the...

ST. LOUIS – Clementines, the city’s oldest gay bar, will close on Sept. 29, 2014. #Boom has confirmed that a letter was given to employees last night announcing the sale of the popular watering hole. The new owners, identified by...

The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church and current fellow at the Center for American Progress will be in St. Louis Saturday September 27-28 to teach, preach and lead conversations on the...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On September 25 at 9:30am, Jackson County courthouse in Kansas City will hear oral arguments on a landmark marriage case of ten plaintiff couples. Filed in February 2014 by the ACLU of Missouri, Barrier v. Vasterling,...

SPRINGFIELD, MO – Outrage over a prominent southwest Missouri attorney’s letter denouncing equality efforts at the Ozark Fire Department has brought about an apology in less than 24 hours. The Springfield News-Leader reports that Dee Wampler, a well-known Defense...

OZARK, MO – A letter penned by a well-known Springfield, Mo. attorney about equality efforts at a southwest Missouri fire department is drawing the ire of the LGBT community. Prominent Defense attorney Dee Wampler sent the letter to several...

ST. LOUIS - A new study authored by Williams Distinguished Scholar, M.V. Lee Badgett; Williams Gleason Kettel Summer Fellow, Justin M. O’Neill; and Williams Senior Counsel, Christy Mallory; states that extending marriages to same-sex Missouri couples could generate 36 million...

FERGUSON, MO – A month to the day after unarmed black teenager Mike Brown was gunned down by a white police officer, LGBT activists with FCKH8.com and children from the very neighborhood that was ground zero for America’s largest...