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ST. LOUIS, MO – Thousands of pride goers descended on downtown for the 35th anniversary St. Louis PrideFest. The June 28-29 event celebrating the LGBT community came on the heels of St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay announcing the marriage of...

ST. LOUIS, MO – St. Louis PrideFest 2014 kicked off on Saturday, June 28 with the 11 a.m. wreath laying ceremony on the steps of Soldier’s Memorial at the heart of festival. The event was organized and emceed...

ST. LOUIS — The Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis has condemned a move by the city to challenge Missouri’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage after issuing marriage licenses to four same-sex couples late Wednesday. In a written statement, the diocese...

ST. LOUIS, MO – A challenge to Missouri's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage was brought by St. Louis city officials after issuing marriage licenses to four same-sex couples last night. State Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit this...

ST. LOUIS, MO – St. Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay announced that marriage licenses were issued to four same-sex couples by St. Louis Recorder of Deeds, Sharon Carpenter, June 25, coinciding with the one year anniversary of the Defense of...

WAYNESVILLE, MO – Janell Jackson just wanted some information on an upcoming Pride Luncheon at Ft. Leonard Wood, a U.S. Army base in southern Missouri. What she received was the anti-gay opinions of a local publisher. The event in...

ST. LOUIS, MO – The first of the Gateway City's PrideFest lighting came online tonight as the Civil Courts building and the top portion of Soldier’s Memorial were illuminated in glorious rainbow hues. The bottom portion of the Memorial...

BELLEVILLE, IL - Hundreds of pride goers attended the 7th annual Metro East PrideFest celebration in downtown Belleville, Ill. on Saturday, June 21 where the highlight of the day was the same-sex marriage ceremony held at the Main Stage. ...

COLUMBIA, MO – This afternoon, the University of Missouri Board of Curators voted in favor of including gender identity and gender expression to their nondiscrimination policy. This policy change applies to any phase of its “employment process, any phase...

ST. LOUIS – Get set for the 35th annual St. Louis PrideFest celebration, to be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 28-29, 2014. For the second consecutive year, PrideFest organizers are proud to announce that the festival will take place...

ST. LOUIS – Out In The Park is a private LGBT Saturday night charity event featuring unlimited riding of Six Flags St. Louis amazing thrill rides with little to no lines! Imagine the park being closed to the general public...

ST. LOUIS – Community leaders, politicians and other dignitaries were on hand as hundreds attended last night's official Pride St. Louis kickoff party at The Stage at KDHX in Grand Center. PrideFest 2014 will be held at Soldier’s Memorial downtown,...

ST. LOUIS – The Civil Courts building will be ablaze in rainbow lighting once again this year for St. Louis PrideFest thanks to the support of a local foundation. The Gateway Foundation, with support from Pride St. Louis, Inc....

ST. LOUIS – Military diversity will be front and center again at this year’s St. Louis PrideFest and at events around the bi-state. The LGBT military component to St. Louis PrideFest will return to Scott Air Force Base in...

KANSAS CITY, MO - The St. Louis LGBT History Project joined sister projects from Kansas City (The Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America) and Springfield (Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives) at the Midwest Archives Conference in Kansas City on April...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The 2014 Missouri state legislative session adjourned Friday without a vote on the LGBT-inclusive Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA). Proponents of the legislation, which has been introduced annually since 1999, say they will continue their...

COLUMBIA, MO - With marriage equality comes same-sex divorce. Or at least that should be the natural order of things. But a Boone County judge’s ruling last month granting Missouri’s first same-sex divorce could prove a game changer in defeating...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Impeachment efforts to oust Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon over his decision to allow same-sex couples to file joint state tax returns got underway during a House hearing held on April 24. While the impeachment attempts...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Missouri’s Hispanic business community is coming out in support of a proposed statewide LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination bill. The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – More than 450 Missouri-based companies from across the state, including two of the Fortune 500, are now voicing their support for the LGBT-inclusive Missouri Non-discrimination Act (MONA), which was introduced in both chambers of the Missouri...