LGBTQ

The Missouri lieutenant governor is running against Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and potentially Sen. Bill Eigel in the 2024 governor’s race.

Clinics in Missouri that provide medical gender-affirming care to transgender and nonbinary people are rushing to book patients before an emergency rule limiting such care starts next week. Under the rule, some restrictions don’t apply to providers treating people who already have begun receiving hormones, undergone surgeries or begun other medical procedures.

St. Louis University is enrolling people between 12 and 50 years old to participate in a clinical trial to test if the mpox vaccine works as well in teens as it does in adults. The federal government has approved the vaccine for emergency use in minors, but it hasn’t given full approval.

Representatives were racing to beat a Friday deadline to get bills out of the chamber, with about two months left in the spring legislative session.

Recently, Stuart had to cancel a “constituent coffee” event in Collinsville because of threats related to this bill.

The proposed bill would establish privacy and safety standards for bathrooms without a posted gender.

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page will appoint members to the nine-person task force. The announcement comes as state lawmakers prepare to pass several bills limiting freedoms for transgender kids and teens.

The Senate has approved a bill to codify federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages by a 61-36 vote. Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley and Kansas Sens. Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran voted against the bill. It now heads back to the House where it is expected to be passed quickly.

In 1989, “Some of my best friends are” delighted St. Louis audiences with something new: a portrayal of gay and lesbian culture.

Much of the original cast of groundbreaking LGBTQ-themed musical revue "Some of My Best Friends Are..." will reunite for one performance.