/tags/pride-st-louis Pride St. Louis en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Mon, 30 Jun 2025 02:18:06 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2025-06-29/photos-st-louis-pridefest-45-years-lgbtq-community Pride St. Louis is celebrating its 45th year of recognizing the LGBTQ community. This year, the organization lost major funding due to federal pressures on corporations to drop their DEI initiatives. Attendees say this year’s festival is more special because the community stepped in to support it. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 02:18:06 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2025-06-29/photos-st-louis-pridefest-45-years-lgbtq-community Andrea Y. Henderson, Lylee Gibbs /news-briefs/2025-05-29/st-louis-pridefest-ends-45-year-free-entry Pride St. Louis’ annual parade down Market Street will remain free of charge. Thu, 29 May 2025 21:03:59 GMT /news-briefs/2025-05-29/st-louis-pridefest-ends-45-year-free-entry Brian Munoz /culture-history/2025-03-25/anheuser-busch-pulls-support-pridefest-after-30-years Other corporate sponsors have also cut back on their support as Pride St. Louis looks to make up a $150,000 shortfall. Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:41:00 GMT /culture-history/2025-03-25/anheuser-busch-pulls-support-pridefest-after-30-years Eric Schmid /culture-history/2024-06-30/photos-pro-palestinian-protesters-interrupt-st-louis-pride-parade The protesters blocked the parade route for a little over an hour on Sunday. They were protesting the parade because Boeing, which supplies weapons to Israel, is a major sponsor of the event. Sun, 30 Jun 2024 23:47:37 GMT /culture-history/2024-06-30/photos-pro-palestinian-protesters-interrupt-st-louis-pride-parade Sophie Proe, Brian Moline /government-politics-issues/2024-05-31/queer-st-louisans-plan-rally-to-decry-boeing-sponsorship-of-pride-st-louis Members of the LGBTQ community plan to rally on Saturday to protest Boeing’s sponsorship of Pride St. Louis. They’re calling on Pride to cut ties with Boeing because the company sells weapons to the Israeli military. Fri, 31 May 2024 10:05:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-05-31/queer-st-louisans-plan-rally-to-decry-boeing-sponsorship-of-pride-st-louis Lauren Brennecke /2023-06-30/midwesterners-celebrated-pride-month-amid-heightened-anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-new-laws Legislatures in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, passed new laws decried by LGBTQ+ communities and their allies. Still, the month of June brought exuberant Pride celebrations around the region. Fri, 30 Jun 2023 15:07:20 GMT /2023-06-30/midwesterners-celebrated-pride-month-amid-heightened-anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-new-laws Holly Edgell /race-identity-and-faith/2023-06-26/st-louis-pridefest-unites-queer-community-after-tumultuous-year-of-legislative-attacks LGBTQ community leaders in St. Louis said the event provides an opportunity to show solidarity among queer people and demonstrate that they will not be erased from society. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:10:00 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2023-06-26/st-louis-pridefest-unites-queer-community-after-tumultuous-year-of-legislative-attacks Brian Munoz /culture-history/2023-06-23/pridefest-2023-will-celebrate-lgbtq-life-amid-increasing-threats PrideFest 2023 will include hundreds of vendors, a large parade and a performance by Idina Menzel. It’s also a chance for LGBTQ people to come together after a wave of legislation targeting them. Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:15:00 GMT /culture-history/2023-06-23/pridefest-2023-will-celebrate-lgbtq-life-amid-increasing-threats Jeremy D. Goodwin /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-06-14/telling-st-louis-lgbtq-history-as-it-unfolds-in-real-time Historian Steven Louis Brawley says the LGBTQ community is living through “real-time history.” Wed, 14 Jun 2023 21:52:53 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-06-14/telling-st-louis-lgbtq-history-as-it-unfolds-in-real-time Danny Wicentowski /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-03-15/how-bandtogether-has-become-an-important-part-of-lgbtq-culture-in-st-louis 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. Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:15:00 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-03-15/how-bandtogether-has-become-an-important-part-of-lgbtq-culture-in-st-louis Jane Mather-Glass