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ST. LOUIS – Around 50 people participated in a rally held at Cor Jesu Academy in Affton, Sept. 5, following news reports detailing the termination of two gay faculty members at the all-girls Catholic school. The “Sharing Our Love”...

ST. LOUIS – ShowMeNoHate will be holding a rally at Cor Jesu Friday morning at 7:45 a.m. outside the Academy’s doors at Gravois and South Laclede Station Roads. The “Sharing Our Love” action is being held in response to...

GLENDALE, Mo. – Matthew Pappert, an officer with the Glendale police department since 2008, was fired on Friday for what his chief called “very concerning and inappropriate” comments made on social media. The comments were made during the civil...

OZARK, Mo. — The Ozark Fire Department in southwest Missouri has been told that the state constitution won’t allow extending benefits to an employee who is in a same-sex marriage. Last week, the Ozark Fire Department's board was poised to...

ST. LOUIS – Among the many side stories that emerged from the coverage of the unrest following the racially charged shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson was the bizarre behavior of St. Louis County...

Out in the Park sponsor Ketel One has selected four area LGBT establishments for Four Fridays of Fun in St. Louis. The DJ's of Scarlet Bar, named “best gay bar” by Chicago Magazine, will spin these four Out in the...

ST. LOUIS, MO ­ PROMO, Missouri's statewide LGBT advocacy organization, in concert with its peer statewide groups, released a statement, Aug. 15, about the racially charged shooting of Ferguson teen Michael Brown and the nights of unrest that have followed. ...

ST. LOUIS, MO - #ShowMeMarriage announced today that a Sept. 29, 2014 hearing has been set for Missouri v Sharon Quigley Carpenter, the case pertaining to the issuance of marriage licenses to four St. Louis same-sex couples by the former...

JEFFERSON CITY, MO. — A federal judge will now hear one of the lawsuits challenging Missouri’s ban on same-sex marriage it was announced today. The move comes after state Attorney General Chris Koster intervened in the case requesting the...

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis County Human Relations Commission has been presented with an award from the St. Louis Jewish Communities PRIDE Coalition. The honor was given in recognition of the Commission's years of support for the...

ST. LOUIS – Wet your whistle for a good cause at the 9th annual “Thirst For Life” taking place throughout the city as close for 40 area bars, nightclubs, coffee houses and craft cocktail centric locations participate in the annual...

ST. LOUIS, MO – The St. Louis Black Gay & Lesbian Pride Committee has announced that the organization will not be producing its weekend of Black Pride events this year. In a press release posted to the non-profit’s Facebook page...

Colleen Simon is suing the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph for firing her from her parish food pantry job after learning of her marriage to another woman. Simon, 57, joins a growing number of fights nationwide between Roman Catholic leaders...

ST. LOUIS — The Metro Trans Umbrella Group (MTUG) has weighed in following yesterday’s sentencing of a one-time St. Louis police officer for harassing and intimidating Meg Hensley and her transgender partner Kandan Elliot late last year. Jeffrey Michael Leveque,...

ST. LOUIS – Fresh off winning best overall parade entry at this year’s PrideFest, around 30 members and supporters of the St. Louis Balloon Brigade were on hand at Meyer’s Grove, July 11, for the presentation of a $6,000 donation...

Almost one month following the City of St. Louis issuing marriage licenses to four same-sex couples, the community gathered at Just John nightclub in the Grove, July 14, in both celebration and for the creation of history. “We are...

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, IL – The extended Independence Day weekend was an explosion of fairs, fireworks, pool parties and back yard barbecues for many in our area. It also included the much anticipated marriage of one of our community’s most celebrated...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County, Mo., will not fight a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s ban on same-sex marriage. Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders tells KMBC-TV that he won’t spend taxpayer money to defend the ban, and that “it’s not the...

ST. LOUIS – The second Tower Grove Pride was held on Saturday, June 28. The event kicked off with a morning picnic at the Tower Grove Farmers’ Market in Tower Grove Park before crowds descended on the festival at Grand...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO – The Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood celebrated the army base’s first lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Pride Month event on June 30 at the USO Building. Fort Leonard Wood, an army...