Out in STL

Joan Lipkin with That Uppity Theatre Company and the Missouri History Museum announce the return of Queer Writes: An Evening of Selections by LGBTQ+ Writers in St. Louis for its fourth consecutive year on Thursday, June 11, 2026, at the Missouri History Museum. The event is part of the Museum’s Thursday
Nights at the Museum series and its Gateway to Pride programming.

St. Louis has maintained an uncommonly robust LGBTQ healthcare ecosystem for decades. Nationally, much of HIV care has been relegated to large, impersonal university hospitals or federally qualified health clinics. In St. Louis, however, LGBTQ practitioners stepped up long ago to create community-centered practices such as Southampton Healthcare, University Club Medical, and ...

Tori, who requested that only her first name be used, says a simple text message to her landscaper sparked an unexpected and vulgar response.

The West St. Louis County resident texted her landscaper to ask that her lawn be mowed every other week instead of weekly. The request prompted a barrage of hostile text messages from James Arrington of Gateway Pro Lawn and Lands...

Editor’s note: Tom Epplin is out with his sprawling guide to Pride events across Missouri and the Metro East. Don’t see your event? Plug it in the comments! 

A free community kickoff party featuring a complimentary...

Jack Holden plays thirty-five characters at a speed and precision that borders on the impossible in this true crime drama currently playing in the West Village. You could walk out satisfied by the craft alone.

The title refers to Ken Rex McElroy, who terrorized a small town in northwest Missouri through the 1970s and early 1980s, was charged with dozens of crimes, and ...