LGBTQ

Parents of transgender kids say that their children just want to play sports with their friends — and that new legislation would isolate them.

Men who have sex with men were first prohibited from donating blood in 1983. Critics of the policy say it creates a harmful double standard for gay and bisexual men.

Missouri law doesn’t prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Efforts to change that have failed for 24 years.

BandTogether, which began as a 10-person group, now has more than 100 volunteer members. They play concerts throughout the year and perform at the St. Louis Pride parade each summer.

Supporters of the bill argued that allowing transgender athletes to play puts cisgender women at a disadvantage. Transgender kids and their parents said participating in team sports is about more than winning.

This is the first lawsuit of its kind from an ACLU affiliate in the current wave of attempts to remove books from school libraries.

At least four school districts in St. Louis are facing formal attempts to remove at least 21 books from school libraries. Two-thirds of those books are written by authors of color or authors who identify as LGBTQ.

Affton High School graduate Scott Alexander Hess discusses his new novellas "Lighting" and "The Root of Everything" and the craft of writing on "St. Louis on the Air."

The underlying bill was tabled before it could be granted initial approval by the House.

The Missouri Historical Society has a major project underway to document and preserve aspects of LGBTQ history in St. Louis. To help prepare for a special exhibition on the LGBTQ community that will open in 2024, the Missouri History Museum is first presenting a virtual exhibit, which launches Thursday, to kick-start the effort.