The recent COVID-19 pandemic has turned consumer behavior upside down, but in recent days we have seen states begin to devise and, in some cases, implement their strategies for slowly reopening. Although this will surely be a long and tedious process...

"Pride Leadership" author Dr. Steve Yacovelli on flexing your LGBTQ super-power in the workplace   We all make New Year’s resolutions, from daydreamingly ambitious to practical, to those that we only make subconsciously. For many, January is ...

The Human Rights Campaign has announced that Emmy ® -nominated showrunner, writer, actor, director and producer Dan Levy will be honored with the HRC Visibility Award at the 2020 HRC Los Angeles Dinner on Saturday, March 28 at the InterContinental Lo...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of America’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization, will honor Emmy-winning CNN Tonight anchor Don Lemon for his LGBTQ visibilty and advocacy dur...

Since 2013, Jake Biondi has brought his “BOYSTOWN” series to audiences and readers alike. Then in 2018, he added a new series, “MAJESTY,” which is set in the Medieval era. I had the opportunity to learn more about this work when I interviewed him. He...

LGBTQ journalists Karen Ocamb and Mark Segal receive Special Recognition Honors   GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, has announced the nominees for the 31st Annual GLA...

WASHINGTON, DC. |  PFLAG National—the nation's first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies—will honor actor and advocate George Takei with the 2019 Bet...

  Members of the transgender and non-binary communities will soon be able to use their true name on the front of cards   Today, Mastercard announced that BMO Harris and Superbia Credit Union will be the first issuers to implement the T...

Today, October 17, 2019, millions of Americans and people around the world will “go purple” on Spirit Day in a stand against bullying and in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) youth. In an effort to close the gap betwe...

For the past four years, Joan Lipkin has traveled to Belgrade, Serbia every September as a guest of the Civil Rights Defenders, a leading human rights organization in the Western Balkans, to do culture organizing with the LGBTI community as a volunte...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Left Bank Books presents St. Louis native Scott Alexander Hess, who will sign and discuss his new novel, River Runs Red (Lethe Press, August 2019) in conversation with the St. Louis LGBTQ History Project's Steven Louis Brawley on Thu...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announced the recipients of its 2019 Excellence in Journalism Awards and recognized exemplary work produced in 2018. The highest individual awards, NLGJA Journalist of...

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), representing the nation’s nearly 3,000 local health departments, hosted its 2019 Preparedness Summit on March 26-29 in St. Louis. More than 1,900 gathered to hear presentations fr...

Longtime Hollywood journalist Marc Malkin will present the Lisa Ben Award to Eller at NLGJA’s L.A. Exclusive event   WASHINGTON, DC – The NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists has announced that Variety Editor-in-Chief Claudia Eller is t...

Logo to Broadcast 30th Anniversary Ceremony on Sunday, May 12 at 8pm ET/PT   GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization has announced that actor and performer Shangel...

The oldest LGBTQ organization in North America, The International Imperial Courts of the U.S.A, Canada and Mexico, established in 1965, and the oldest national LGBTQ advocacy organization, the National LGBTQ Task Force, founded in 1973...

GLAAD announced, on Wednesday, that Emmy Award-winning host, producer, and author Andy Cohen is slated to receive the Vito Russo Award at the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York City on Saturday, May 4, 2019.  The award will be presented ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Fresh off of last month's critically acclaimed production of The Vagina Monologues honoring the 50th anniversary of NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri, That Uppity Theatre Company's Artistic Director, Joan Lipkin, will be honored at the inaug...

St. Louis Women’s March has decided to release this official statement to clarify our position on diversity and anti-Semitism within our planning committee. We will move forward focusing on the work that needs to be done here in St. Louis, for women ...

OSCE report calls for Russian and international action against perpetrators of human rights violations    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) ...

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Q Collective will host Intimacy, Sexuality, and Consent On Stage: A Panel Discussion on Creating Safe Spaces on Stage and In the Rehearsal Room on January 15, 2019 at The Monocle in the Grove from 7-9 pm.   ...

"Amy's Song," written by singer/songwriters Matt Simons and Amy Kuney (Ames) is inspired by Kuney's real-life experiences around being gay. The song meditates on the idea that love is love, no matter what.   ...

BOYSTOWN covers feature models Matt Bailey, Kyle Goffney, Pablo Hernandez, Jake Jensen, Nick Mascardo, Nick Stracener, and Cory Zwierzynski   You may not know him by name, but you will surely recognize a series of books that he has authored...

On October 18, 2018, millions of Americans and people around the world will “go purple” on Spirit Day in a stand against bullying and in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth. In an effort to close the gap between gr...

Veteran St. Louis DJ Danny Morris can be found creating his music and video magic at Just John in the Grove each week, but with his newly released podcast "Altered Visions", he's bringing a bit of the club and the kiki to viewers at home and abroad. ...

  Many will recognize Christopher Taber from the iconic St. Louis Balloon Brigade, but more recently, the St. Louis resident has been drawing eyes to his social media feed showcasing his drone photography from high above the cityscape. ...

LGBT Adoptions and Grants for LGBT Couples   Expanding your family when you are part of the LGBT community is not always straightforward. It may not be possible for either you or your spouse to contribute biologically to making new children. In ...

It has been more than three years since the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Marriage Equality, paving the way for the continued increase of LGBT married couples purchasing homes, according to the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Pr...

A new study shows that LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. are more likely to be poor than their heterosexual counterparts, PinkNews reports.   ...

Zane Redfern is a familiar face to many in the St. Louis LGBTQ community, but since launching his YouTube channel "AtHomeWithZane" in June 2016, and its subsequent online store, the interior design and home decorating enthusiast has earned a followin...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Members of the LGBTQIA+ community joined the friends and family of Kiwi Herring, a black, transgender woman killed last year by police, at a remembrance at the PrideCenter on Friday evening.   ...

You may not know him by name, but you will surely recognize a series of books that he has authored called BOYSTOWN. Jake Biondi’s gay book series features sexy covers, relatable characters and as much drama as a telenovela. Biondi has big plans for t...

Did you know that tomorrow, Sunday, August 12, 2018 is the third annual "Gay Uncles Day"?  Yep! There's even greeting cards to mark the occasion.   ...

Last week, I returned from a journey to Samara, Russia. Including myself, three members of Pride St. Louis had the opportunity to participate in this exchange. I was honored to experience this with Wolf Smith, Director of Development, and Andrew Benn...

Because #Boom Media always believes in buying local and "reading is fundamental", please check out Left Bank Books’ Totally Incomplete but Nevertheless Fabulous Queer Gift Guide for the 2017 Winter Holidays! ...

It’s never easy to approach the subject of the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) each November 20th. Bittersweet emotion, anger, despair, hope, and grief all war for the top spot on the mental dashboard. ...

A thin, handsome man in his early 30s smiled shyly, took another sip of beer and talked about how he loved the smell of men. Laughter erupted from the others at the table as another said, “God, yes!” ...

On May 30, I received a message from Carrie Dietz, Manager of Central Youth and Teen Services at St. Louis Public Library: “I wanted to see if you would be interested in presenting a Drag Queen Story Time on Saturday, September 2nd…” it inquired, and...

CHARIS, the St Louis Women’s Chorus, is thrilled to welcome Dr. Stuart Chapman Hill as our new Artistic Director as we enter our 25th season of celebrating women and the LGBTQ community. CHARIS is a community chorus that strives to be an instrument o...

Something LGBT Revolutionary for July 4th as LGBT History gains momentum. America’s newest museum, the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, does something quite revolutionary: It recognizes the LGBT community as having played a part of...

I thought I’d use this space to share with you some of the fun I had while reporting in Cuba last week, and some observations I had. ...

The Grey-haired old lady made her way to center stage as the crowd of over 2,500 in Pasadena, California’s historic Civic Auditorium politely applauded expectantly. What happened in those next couple of minutes last March, would propel the former mid...

As I was standing in Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba, looking at the giant silhouette of Che Guevara, I smiled, recalling the Che Guevara Café I once visited in Beirut where I watched a male belly dancer as I was reporting on Lebanon’s first LGBT o...

NEW YORK, NY – For twenty-one year old Jaimie Wilson, nothing beats the feeling of rambling along in his custom Jeep Wrangler 4X4, headed for a gig to perform his beloved country music in his adopted home state of Florida. Shirtless, tanned, fit, and...

CHICAGO, Ill. — In a year when lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) communities are facing divisive “religious freedom” and “bathroom privacy” legislation, libraries are working against legislating discrimination by fostering acceptance thro...

Stray Rescue of St. Louis is reviving its popular "Spring for Strays" fundraiser on Sunday, May 1, 2016 from 1-5 p.m. at the top of the Moonrise Hotel in the Delmar Loop.   ...

Missouri allows employers to discriminate against people in the workplace based upon their sexual orientation and gender identity. The Missouri Appellate Court continued that practice, dismissing the plaintiff’s claim in Pittman v. Cook Paper Recycli...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The LGBT and allied community will come together at Just John nightclub in the Grove at noon on Saturday, Feb. 27 to remember one of its own. Longtime equality activist William Carl "Uncle Will" Roth, 68, died after a lengthy illness...

In my new book, Gay and Lesbian St. Louis (Arcadia Publishing) I utilized several vintage images to help document St. Louis’ vibrant LGBT history. ...

As I prepare to launch my new book - Gay and Lesbian St. Louis (Arcadia Publishing) - I have been reflecting upon the dramatic growth in studying non east and west coast LGBT history. ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Left Bank Books presents author and St. Louis LGBT History Project founder Steven Brawley, who will sign and discuss his book, Gay and Lesbian St. Louis (Arcadia Publishing, February 2016), at a special Launch Party event on Monday, ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - A Transgender prisoner letter writing night is being organized at Mokabe's Coffee (Grand & Arsenal) in Tower Grove on Thursday nights at 7 p.m. starting on Jan. 21. According to organizers, the action is an opportunity for commun...

In St. Louis, several local LGBTQIA+-owned businesses have modeled an anti-racist role. I asked Jarek Steele, co-owner of Left Bank Books to speak about his perspective on how business and racial justice intersect. ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association is pleased to announce that it has received a grant renewable for up to five years from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to deliver journalism training that will ...

This week, The Advocate, a national LGBT publication, obtained the rights to serialize excerpts from LGBT pioneer Mark Segal’s long-anticipated memoir, "AND THEN I DANCED: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality". Segal is a featured columnist at #Boom M...

  On Nov. 20, 2015, the St. Louis region will join communities across the globe in observing the Transgender Day of Remembrance or TDoR. This is the time of year where it is appropriate for trans* people, members of the LGBT community, allies...

It’s a classic case of big guy vs. little guy — but this time, the little guy is a gay media company that’s been covering LGBTQ news and events for almost 40 years. ...

A Reddit user who goes by the name IDontWantToGiveItUp has posted to an advice sub with his seriously first-world problem. After winning a huge lottery jackpot, he isn’t sure how much of his hard-won cash his parents, who essentially shunned him for...

  ST. LOUIS, MO – Leading national event production company, Amazing Pet Expos, debuts its sixth two-day show in 2015 in St. Louis at the St. Charles Convention Center on Saturday, November 14th and Sunday, November 15th. New to the entertain...

The Financial Times reports that the commander of the UK’s land forces has called for more homosexuals and transgender people to sign up. ...

NEW YORK, NY – Following a historic Supreme Court decision in favor of marriage equality and as support for LGBT people continues to grow nationwide, younger gay men are increasingly longing for a stronger sense of community, according to a landmark ...

PinkNews reports that researchers from Cambridge University have discovered that it is possible to make a baby using cells from two same-sex parents, potentially allowing future gay couples to have their own biological children. ...

  We all want to be remembered - to reach across time and the generations with the simple want of leaving behind a record of a life lived. And the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) or queer community is certainly no different. ...

Via American Foundation for Equal Rights Only a few isolated locations in the country remain where same-sex couples can’t get married. Those opposed to equality are getting increasingly desperate, with stall tactics and long-shot legal games. We’re...

  #Boom Magazine conducted an interview today with Grammy award winning artist and out lesbian icon Melissa Etheridge to help promote her upcoming tour with Blondie stopping at Fair St. Louis on July 3. ...

St. Louis civil rights leader and community activist Laura Ann Moore passed away yesterday, the St. Louis LGBT History Project reports. Born in 1945, Moore was a co-founder in St. Louis of the Lesbian Alliance in the late 1960s. With others, Moo...

  The Gateway City has a long history of women identified bars from Pat's Palace and Genesis to the early decades of Attitudes and most recently, Novak's (which left St. Louis without a predominately lesbian bar when it closed in 2013.)  ...

Orange is the New Black star Lea DeLaria is off the market. ...

Popular YouTube vloggers, twins Austin and Aaron Rhodes (The Rhodes Bros.), whose emotional video of them coming out to their father has been viewed nearly 15 million times, were guests this week on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.   ...

BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia — The mother of a transgender teen has taken out a classified ad in a local newspaper “correcting” her son’s birth announcement of 19 years ago.   ...

This is the time of year where it is appropriate for trans people, members of the LGBT community, allies, friends, and all, to discuss the Nov. 20 observance of the Transgender Day of Remembrance: What is the Transgender Day of Remembrance? Wh...

  About seven years ago, I was invited to attend a meeting for people in leadership positions at local LGBT non-profit organizations. As the founder and president of the St. Charles PFLAG chapter, I was flattered and excited to be invited. I ...

  French Village, Missouri is a unique setting for a gay bar. The hour drive down Interstate 55 from St. Louis is a scenic trek – exiting on Highway Y, one must pass through the pastoral green and farmland along the hill-crowne...

WASHINGTON, DC (News release) - Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) launched a story-telling campaign to discuss the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas. Summer of Conversations is par...

  “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” -Maya Angelou   Throughout my years as a volunteer in the St. Louis LGBTQIA Youth community, I’ve heard the following phrase innumerable times, be it verbatim or a variatio...