Local Politics

St. Louis LGBTQIA+ voters will get a chance to engage with several of the 2017 mayoral candidates at a Town Hall focusing on LGBTQIA+, education and community relations issues on Tues., Feb. 21 at St. Louis Community College at Forest...

Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, announced it is revoking the endorsement of Senator Mark Kirk. HRC has also endorsed Tammy Duckworth for Senate and is contributing...

WASHINGTON, DC - Today the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, announced its endorsement of Jason Kander for the Missouri U.S. Senate seat currently held by Roy Blunt. “Jason Kander will...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - PROMO PAC, Missouri’s statewide organization advocating for LGBT equality through the electoral process, has endorsed Attorney General Chris Koster for Governor of Missouri. The endorsement, which was announced last week, was based on a series of...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander has traveled to every Show Me State county over the past year in his effort to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt. The Democratic hopeful has long been a supporter...

CHICAGO, Ill. - The Equality Illinois PAC (EI PAC) is endorsing 51 candidates, including Susana Mendoza for Illinois State Comptroller and state legislative candidates, in the general election on November 8, 2016, the statewide LGBT political action committee announced Wednesday. “Throughout...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Following a meeting yesterday with Missouri delegates supporting Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Convention, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) released the following statement of unity with the delegates: "My main takeaway from this meeting...

PROMO PAC, Missouri's statewide organization advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality through the electoral process, has announced its first round of endorsements of pro-equality candidates for the Missouri Primary Election on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016. The PROMO...

WASHINGTON, DC – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) surprised many LGBT politicos with its endorsement last week of Republican U.S. Senator Mark Kirk who is up for re-election in Illinois. But while Kirk received a laudable score of 78 from...

Chelsea Clinton doesn't grant many interviews, so when you're offered two on the record questions and a photo op with the former first daughter you jump at the chance. Such was the case yesterday afternoon following Clinton's inspirational primary eve...

ST. LOUIS, MO. - U.S. Democratic Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, brought his grassroots presidential campaign to the "Show Me State" on Sunday for several stops, including a packed event at Affton High School where some 2000-plus supporters, including...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton made a final swing through our area on Saturday ahead of Tuesday's crucial Missouri and Illinois primaries. The former FLOTUS, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State spoke at two events,...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Bubba! The Big Dog! #42! Former Democratic president William Jefferson Clinton was in town on Tuesday evening at District 9 Machinists Hall on St. Charles Rock Road in Bridgeton to rally supporters of Hillary Clinton's presidential...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders brought his grassroots presidential campaign to the Metro East on Friday packing the Vadalabene Center on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). This was Sanders' first campaign stop in the St....

CHICAGO, Ill. – The Equality Illinois Political Action Committee (EQIL PAC) will host a reception with former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on January 14 to support the EQIL PAC’s mission of electing pro-LGBT equality candidates to state and local offices. “Gov....

A candidate for Missouri attorney general wrote to state legislative leaders urging them to pass exemptions for ministers, churches and businesses that do not want to participate in same-sex ceremonies, the Columbia Daily Tribune reports. Josh Hawley, a Republican, said...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton rallied her St. Louis base on Dec. 11 at The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Hall on Chouteau near the Grove. The former FLOTUS, U.S. Senator...

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, the only declared Democrat running for governor, launched a social media campaign on Monday calling for the passage of a statewide non-discrimination law protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals. "No Missourian should be...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri Alliance for Freedom announced today that they have secured two state senators to support legislation expanding state protections for religious liberty following the jailing of a Kentucky county clerk for refusing to allow her...

This week PROMO announced the departure of longtime Executive Director A.J. Bockelman who will be stepping down on Oct. 16 after 8 years at the helm of the statewide LGBT advocacy and policy organization. Below is a letter from Bockelman...