Out In STL

Jun 21, 2024 | outinstl.com | Jessica Rogen

St. Louis is blessed with no shortage of Pride celebrations — seven in total. While St. Charles Pride and Soulard Pride have already passed by press date (mark your calendars for next year), there’s plenty of festivities still to come. PrideFestJune 29 to 30Every year Pride St. Louis’ celebration takes over downtown St. Louis near Soldier’s Memorial.

Jun 7, 2024 | outinstl.com | Jessica Rogen

At first glance, the makeup kit looks like any other. Half open, it’s covered in the type of grime that only accumulates with heavy use — a sort of shimmery muddle of powders, foundation and small flashes of glitter. One unusual item: a small card depicting a figure hard to make out under layers of makeup. “That’s a St. Michael, the archangel, holy card,” says Ian Darnell, Missouri History Museum assistant curator of LGBTQIA+ collections.

Jul 20, 2023 | outinstl.com | Nina Giraldo

For Zach Towers, growing up queer in a religious household in Missouri predestined his own sex life to be … a journey, to put it nicely. Today, Towers hopes to make conversations around sex more accessible to those who need it. That’s why the St. Louis-born comedian, writer and actor started After Hours with Zach Noe Towers on Sirius XM, a new sex positive talk show that premiered on June 15 on the Netflix Is A Joke Radio station.

Jul 10, 2023 | outinstl.com | Rosalind Early

Jul 7, 2023 | outinstl.com | Rosalind Early