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LGBT Issues

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Obama Endorses Same-Sex Marriage, Internet Responds with a Quickness

    Well that was fast. President Obama officially came out in support of same-sex marriage today, immediately touching off shouting and gnashing of teeth and cheers and whatnot nationwide. People are gettin' emotional out there. Almost immediately, Tumblr leaped into the breach with the crowd-sourced s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Opposition Mounts to Missouri's "Don't Say Gay" Bill for Schools

    A week after Republicans sponsors in the Missouri House referred it to committee, a bill that would severely restrict conversations about sexual orientation in public schools is under attack from a growing number of detractors including educators, doctors and fellow politicians. HB 2051 would permit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Bill Would Outlaw Homosexual Discussion in Missouri Schools

    A Missouri legislator from near the Arkansas border is pushing a bill that would severly restrict conversations about sexual orientation in Missouri schools.State Rep. Steve Cookson's HB 2051 is backed by 19 co-sponsors who helped push the legislation last week to the House Elementary and Secondary ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2011

    Wishin' and Hopin' and Still Comin' Out

    A Missouri legislator from near the Arkansas border is pushing a bill that would severly restrict conversations about sexual orientation in Missouri schools.State Rep. Steve Cookson's HB 2051 is backed by 19 co-sponsors who helped push the legislation last week to the House Elementary and Secondary ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    ACLU Sues Missouri School District for Blocking Student Access to LGBT Websites

    ​Last week we told you about how Internet software used by dozens of school districts in Missouri blocked student access to websites dealing with gay, lesbian and transgender issues. Now the ACLU of Eastern Missouri has sued one of those districts, which it says refuses to lift the block for its s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    LGBT Protections, Domestic Partnership Registry on the Books in Olivette

    ​Last night, Olivette city council passed two measures that solidify the suburb as a welcoming place for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people.The Vital Voice reports that the council unanimously passed bills 2672 and 2677. The bills create a domestic partnership registry and criminaliz ... More >>

  • News

    June 30, 2011

    LGBT History? Readers have lots to say about "Gay Old Times"

    ​Last night, Olivette city council passed two measures that solidify the suburb as a welcoming place for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people.The Vital Voice reports that the council unanimously passed bills 2672 and 2677. The bills create a domestic partnership registry and criminaliz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    St. Louis Mayor Wants Missouri to Allow Civil Unions

    Slay in a No Hate promo.​Francis Slay used his blog yesterday to call on state legislators to pass a law allowing gay couples in Missouri to commit to civil unions. The St. Louis Mayor writes that Illinois' recently enacted law allowing civil unions has made him realize the need for such a law in ... More >>

  • News

    June 16, 2011

    Gay Old Times: It's LGBT history to us. To them, it was life.

    Slay in a No Hate promo.​Francis Slay used his blog yesterday to call on state legislators to pass a law allowing gay couples in Missouri to commit to civil unions. The St. Louis Mayor writes that Illinois' recently enacted law allowing civil unions has made him realize the need for such a law in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Same-Sex Couples Snap Up Civil Union Licenses In U. City

    Already today, three U. City couples have formalized their domestic partnerships at City Hall.​Margaret Johnson laughed on the phone this morning with Daily RFT as she discussed her newly granted civil union license. Johnson and her partner arrived at the clerk's office in University City ten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Akin's Letter Helps Halt Same-Sex Civil Unions on Navy Bases

    You should have stuck to your guns, Rear Admiral Tidd!​The Navy has reversed course on its momentous decision to allow same-sex civil unions to be performed by chaplains on bases. And it's thanks in part to Missouri's own U.S. representatives Todd Akin and Vicky Hartlzer, plus 61 of their colleagu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Todd Akin Outraged With Plan for Navy Chaplains to Oversee Gay Weddings

    The Navy is "Akin" for a fight, says congressman.​Missouri Congressman Todd Akin (R - Town & Country) released a letter yesterday he sent to the Secretary of the Navy, demanding that the Navy abolish plans to allow its chaplains to perform same-sex marriages. The Navy is considering the issue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Homophobic Activist Converts, Admits Same-Sex Civil Marriage Should Be a Universal Right

    This man has changed his mind.​Remember when the Summer of Marriage tour stopped in St. Louis back in August?(To refresh your memory: the National Organization for Marriage, a homophobic group espousing "traditional" values, came to town to rally against same-sex marriage. People in support of sam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Survey Seeks Input from Trans Folks in Missouri

    ​If you're transgender in this country, there's a 41 percent chance you've attempted to kill yourself. And if you happen to live in Missouri, it's 50 percent -- half of trans people in Missouri reported suicide attempts.This chilling fact sits among other appalling metrics for transgendered people ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Treasure Hunters Seeking St. Louis LGBT History

    An old St. Louis lesbian bar poster​The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in St. Louis has a storied history -- are you holding on to any of it? The St. Louis Gay History Project wants to know.The project is brainchild of blogger Steven Brawley, a longtime history buff. It seeks to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    "America's Finest News Source" Weighs in On Iowa Same-Sex Marriage

    theonion.comDavenport descends into post-gay hell, as imagined by The Onion.​Our neighbors in Iowa have enjoyed the right to same-sex marriage since 2009, but it hasn't been without controversy. This November, for instance, three state Supreme Court justices who helped strike down the state's proh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Homophobia is Protected Speech

    It's a marketplace of ideas. Some of them are terrible.​It's been a great week for folks who hate lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people -- and want the world to know about it.The Supreme Court today ruled 8-1 that those hate-spewing assholes from Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas are pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    What Does Gay Marriage and the Economy Have In Common?

    Ministers, justices of the peace, cake bakers, license clerks: A few folks who could see job growth.​In a move heralded by same-sex couples across the nation, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder informed Congress yesterday that the Obama administration would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Same-Sex Unions Now Law of the Land of Lincoln

    ​As expected, Illinois governor Pat Quinn yesterday signed off on a bill legalizing civil unions in that state.Two month ago, the measure passed in both houses."We believe in civil rights, and we believe in civil unions," Quinn said at a signing ceremony at the Chicago Cultural Center. "We believe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Westboro Baptist Church Sues St. Charles City; Wins Injunction vs. St. Charles County

    Plaintiff Megan Phelps-Roper protesting in St. Louis last summer.​It took the Westboro Baptist Church just one day to sue St. Charles after the city last week enacted an ordinance restricting when and where protesters can picket during funerals. Westboro Baptist Church has made a name for itself i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Happy Big 3-0, St. Louis LGBT Media!

    ​For three decades, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in St. Louis has had a voice in print. Several evolutions from its beginnings, Vital VOICE Magazine is celebrating 30 years of LGBT media, and it's shaping up to be quite the party."We have really grown and showcased how grea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Missouri Author Wins Award For Transgender Teen Fiction

    ​Brian Katcher's 2009 novel, Almost Perfect, has been grabbing attention and awards -- it just snagged the 2011 Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award, for which he'll be recognized at June's American Library Association Annual Conference. The book, Katcher's second novel, delves in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Phyllis Schlafly: The Problem With Gays? "They Are Trying to Make Us Respect Them"

    Phyllis Schlafly​We here at Daily RFT were reading a somewhat wonkish wire story this weekend about gay marriage when we came across the following bombshell from St. Louisan Phyllis Schlafly, president of the Eagle Forum. Schalfly, as quoted in the article, believes that the national dialogue abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Is Dead. How Did Our Congresspeople Vote?

    ​Unless you've been hiding out under a rock, you probably heard that Saturday, the Senate followed the House in voting to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." DADT, signed into law in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, was meant to be a compromise on allowing lesbian, gay and bisexual soldiers to serve in ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2010

    Readers argue whether gays deserve the right to divorce

    ​Unless you've been hiding out under a rock, you probably heard that Saturday, the Senate followed the House in voting to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." DADT, signed into law in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, was meant to be a compromise on allowing lesbian, gay and bisexual soldiers to serve in ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Same-sex couples in St. Louis can get married in Iowa. They just can't ever get divorced.

    ​Unless you've been hiding out under a rock, you probably heard that Saturday, the Senate followed the House in voting to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." DADT, signed into law in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, was meant to be a compromise on allowing lesbian, gay and bisexual soldiers to serve in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Illinois Legalizes Same-Sex Civil Unions

    ​Today in Illinois, both houses of the state legislature approved a bill granting civil unions to same-sex couples. Governor Pat Quinn is expected to sign the bill into law, as he said he would support the unions while campaigning.The bill says that a civil union, expressly stated as between "two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Weston, MO Townsfolk Block Phelps Hate-Fest

    Weston isn't having this trash in their town​Anti-gay hate mongers from Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church were repulsed from a funeral by about half the small town of Weston in Platte County on Saturday.The people in the town got wind of the Westboro hate group's plan to protest the funeral of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Iowa Judges Booted for Supporting Same-Sex Marriage

    ​Three Iowa Supreme Court judges yesterday lost their seats in the wake of a concerted effort by out-of-state anti-LGBT activists who opposed the Court's unanimous 2009 decision allowing marriage for same-sex couples in that state.Since 1962, Iowa Supreme Court justices, who are appointed, have fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    New Supports For LGBT Caregivers

    ​It's hard enough caring for a loved one fading into dementia. When issues surrounding sexual identity are at play, things can get downright complicated.So, to that end, a new support group for caregivers is forming as a collaborative effort between the Alzheimer's Association and SAGE Metro St. L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Aging LGBT Folks Get Federal Boost

    ​Yesterday, the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging launched with a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It's the first group of its kind: a federally funded/administered assistance-and-advocacy support network for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans as they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    LGBT Stakeholders Critical to Neighborhoods

    ​Tomorrow night, City Affair will hold its monthly salon discussion of the St. Louis social and urban landscape. This month's discussion focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens and how they anchor and improve neighborhoods, including what St. Louis is doing to attract and suppor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Local Gay Activists Honored by Human Rights Campaign

    Ed Reggi and Scott Emanuel​Congratulations are in order: Husbands Ed Reggi and Scott Emanuel are being honored next month with the Equality Award at the 2010 Human Rights Campaign St. Louis Dinner Gala. The HRC is the nation's largest group working toward equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Gay Marriage Foes Pick a Great Time to Visit St. Louis

    Tonight, St. Louis gets a long-scheduled visit from the National Organization for Marriage -- the anti-gay marriage folks behind this much-parodied gem, the famously and hilariously fear-mongering "Gathering Storm" YouTube clip.These people are scared shitless of gays and lesbians marrying each ot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Newsflash: Gay People on Government Payroll

    image viaKathleen's little black book.​In a daring act of citizen-journalism, Kathleen Branson of Pacific has published a letter to the editor of the Washington Missourian purporting to out all the gays who work in President Obama's administration. "The following names are people who now have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    "Homophobic Remarks" Prompt Protest Outside Ike Skelton's District Office Today

    Ike Skelton: Defender of Family Values​A group of gay-rights activists plans to protest outside U.S. Congressman Ike Skelton's district office in Jefferson City this morning. Members of the LGBT organizations GetEqual and Show Me No Hate say they will drop off a petition with 3,000-plus signatures ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    LGBT Organizations Demand Apology From Congressman Ike Skelton

    Skelton: Say you're sorry!​GetEQUAL, a national LGBT organization and Show Me No Hate, a Missouri LGBT rights group, are demanding a public apology from Ike Skelton, the Democratic House Representative from Missouri's 4th district, who last week stated he didn't want to change the military's "Don ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Mayor Francis Slay Urges LGBT Couples to Come Out and Be Counted in 2010 Census

    MayorSlay.com​The United States census form does not always keep up with the times. On this year's form, for instance, people still have the option to identify themselves as "Negro," a term that all but disappeared in the late 1960s. The Census Bureau defended its decision by claiming that m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton: The Roadblock to Changing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

    Skelton: Wants to keep the military ol' school.​Yesterday Daily RFT poked fun at Missouri legislators tripping over themselves in Jefferson City to support (or oppose) the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy toward homosexuals serving in its ranks. These state lawmakers essentially have no b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Protesters Will Return to Cathedral Basilica Sunday, This Time Without The Police Hassle

    The past four Sundays hundreds of people have gathered in front of the Cathedral Basilica in the Central West End to protest St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson's $10,000 contribution to a political campaign that helped repeal Maine's recently enacted gay marriage law.Last weekend the protesters, wh ... More >>

  • News

    November 18, 2009

    Babe 'n Arms: Tom was a hot-tempered cross-dresser with a garage full of guns — and then he became Rachel

    The past four Sundays hundreds of people have gathered in front of the Cathedral Basilica in the Central West End to protest St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson's $10,000 contribution to a political campaign that helped repeal Maine's recently enacted gay marriage law.Last weekend the protesters, wh ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2009

    Forty Years On

    The past four Sundays hundreds of people have gathered in front of the Cathedral Basilica in the Central West End to protest St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson's $10,000 contribution to a political campaign that helped repeal Maine's recently enacted gay marriage law.Last weekend the protesters, wh ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 12, 2006

    Middlesex

    The past four Sundays hundreds of people have gathered in front of the Cathedral Basilica in the Central West End to protest St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson's $10,000 contribution to a political campaign that helped repeal Maine's recently enacted gay marriage law.Last weekend the protesters, wh ... More >>

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    Pray the Gay Away

    Pastor Jim Venice says he can turn homos into heteros. Credit cards welcome.

  • News

    August 3, 2005

    Pride and Prejudice

    A ruckus rocks the gay community over a Log Cabin Republican's college scholarship

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2003

    What a Difference a Gay Makes

    Jade Esteban Estrada tells the tales you won't find in textbooks

  • News

    December 6, 2000

    Dress Rehearsal

    Scott Matheis thought he'd found a great place to work -- until he asked to wear a dress

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Fight

    Even before the military started shelling, Washington University hoisted the white flag

  • News

    June 28, 2000

    Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

    Despite glowing coverage of local gay events in the Post-Dispatch, bigotry is alive and well

  • News

    May 3, 2000

    New Scout Motto: Be Prepared For Bigotry

    Despite glowing coverage of local gay events in the Post-Dispatch, bigotry is alive and well

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