LGBT History

History teacher Rodney Wilson began the work which led to LGBT History Month on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus in 1994.

Gateway to Pride is the museum's first exhibition specifically about LGBTQIA+ history and experiences across Missouri and the Metro East.

St. Louis Actors’ Studio presents the local debut of Liza Birkenmeier’s “Dr. Ride’s American Beach House.” The play examines emotional repression on a St. Louis rooftop, the night before Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.

In the wee hours of a Saturday morning in the summer of 1969, nine New York City police officers entered Greenwich Village’s small Stonewall Inn. Police…