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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Vivent Health and #Boom Magazine will be hosting a happy hour discussion featuring Daniel Flier on Thursday, May 14th at 5:30 PM CST live on #Boom Magazine’s Facebook page. Daniel Flier, a celebrated hair stylist,...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. –Pride St. Charles is deeply honored to be able to provide safe, inclusive events for the LGBTQIA+ community, where they can feel valid and accepted. Unfortunately, this responsibility also includes making difficult decisions in the face of...

Alton Pride, Inc. is a charitable and educational organization established to bring awareness, understanding, and advocacy to the LGBTQ+ community with an emphasis on the specific needs of the youth within the community. During this uncertain time throughout the nation...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Pride St. Louis is honored to serve the St. Louis LGBTQIA+ community and strives to be a leader in our community, even when it means making difficult decisions. We have been monitoring the scope of the...

Have your Favorite Mary’s Diva Deliver Your Order Curbside with a Show! Hamburger Mary’s St. Louis is proud to announce Diva Drive Up! On Friday, March 20th, guests can call in their orders from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Mary’s...

JEFFERSON, Mo. - Amid growing concerns over the coronavirus, public hearings on anti-LGBTQ bills have come to a halt as the Missouri Senate suspended their session this week and the Missouri House expedites it's budget process, ahead of the regularly...

New Board announces the organization of Lorde, Rustin & Bates, a systemic and structural level change agent; Focuses on LGBT Communities of Color; Anthony Galloway named Managing Director; Noel Green named chairperson CHICAGO, Ill. - This week, the launch of...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tonight, on a strictly party line vote, the Missouri House General Laws committee passed House Bill 2173. If enacted, the bill would abolish marriage in Missouri and replace it with “Contracts of Domestic Unions." This is...

The Responsible Education for Adolescent and Children’s Health (REACH) Act requires comprehensive, inclusive, and age-appropriate personal health and safety education to be taught in public schools in grades K-12 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – At a press conference, on Wednesday, a group of...

Following a week of powerful testimony by LGBTQ and allied Missourians against multiple anti-equality bills in Jefferson City, PROMO, Missouri's statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization, is warning of two more bills on the move. Here is a breakdown of the bills...

CHICAGO, Ill. - Equality Illinois, the state’s civil rights organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Illinoisans, today announced its endorsement of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx. Below is a statement from Justin DeJong, Chair...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -The St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline (SQSH), St. Louis’s only local, peer run support helpline by and for members of the LGBTQIA+ community, has announced its expanded hours. New hours will be Friday-Monday, 1-7 p.m. “Our goal...

2020 Has Seen the Largest Overtly Anti-LGBTQ Agenda JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — This week Missouri lawmakers filed their fifteenth bill targeting LGBTQ Missourians, and specifically rearing an aggressive agenda to restrict the rights and dignity of transgender youth. From banning...

Raise your fork on Thursday, April 30, 2020, and take part in the 27th annual Dining Out For Life®! Dining Out For Life is an international event that has raised over $4 million to provide vital services to people living...

In an email to supporters, PROMO, Missouri's statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization, put out a call for support to help fight multiple anti-equality bills that have advanced to committee. "This is the first time we have seen a high volume of...

Attorney General Kwame Raoul, on Thursday, joined Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford and Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring in filing a lawsuit to ensure the federal government acknowledges that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is now the 28th Amendment to...

Trinity Episcopal Church in St. Louis’ Central West End is the first site in Missouri to be named to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) for its significance in LGBTQIA+ history. It is the first and only such site...

CHICAGO, Ill. – Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and more than 70 other elected officials and candidates will be on hand at Saturday night's Equality Illinois Gala at the Hilton Chicago. More than 1,500 attendees...

6th annual Pride Festival expecting over 17,000 visitors ST. CHARLES, Mo., – On Saturday, June 20th, the sixth annual St. Charles LGBTQIA+ Pride Festival will be held at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri. Pride Inside 2020 will be...

CHICAGO, Ill. – The Equality Illinois 2020 Gala will honor legendary Chicago journalist Tracy Baim and Carbondale's Rainbow Cafe for their longtime service to LGBTQ Illinoisans. The state's hometown airline, United Airlines, is again the gala's Presenting Sponsor. More...