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2020 MARKETING KIT
BY THE NUMBERS
LGBTQA audiences have higher
incomes and greater educational
attainment than the population
at large. They dine out more, are
brand-loyal, and are influential
retail trendsetters
• Same-sex households shop
more than the average US
SEPTEMBER I VOLUME 1 I ISSUE 1
household in important retail
5 LGBTQ
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channels, including electronics,
pet stores, online retailers,
health food, and warehouse club
BARTENDERS
stores. TELL US
• Gay men and lesbians travel WHAT’S
more than their mainstream
counterparts, both domestically
SHAKING
and internationally
• In 2013, nearly two-thirds YOUR NEW
of gay and bisexual men and
lesbian and bisexual women WEEKEND
purchased tickets for GETAWAY
performing-arts events
• St. Louis has the largest
REVEALED
percentage of gay and lesbian
families with children.
• Thirty-four percent of same-
sex couples in STL are raising
children under 18.
• LGBTQA consumers are
heavily influenced by targeted
advertising and community
support and outreach. CHEF ROB
• LGBTQA individuals are mobile
and technology leaders CONNOLEY ON
• Nearly half of all gay and LOVE & BEETS
pridefest
bisexual men and lesbian and
bisexual women contribute to
a charity or nonprofit at least RAPPER
annually ERIC DONTÈ
GETS REAL
• Single 39.5%
• Dating 14.25%
• Partnered 36%
CAN IT SURVIVE... AND THRIVE?
• Married 8%
A BEAUTY
• Master’s/JD 21% QUEEN WITH
• College graduate 29% A CAUSE
• Some college 27%
• 76% of LGBTQA individuals
have annual household incomes
above the national average of
$40,000
• 30 % of LGBTQA
individuals have an annual
income above $100,000
Data Sources: Williams Institute, 2013 St. Louis Pride Center Report, The Urban Institute, GlenGariff Group 2013 LGBTQA Missouri Issues
Survey, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington D.C. Urban Institute, CMI 7th LGBT Community Survey
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AT A GLANCE
Out in STL is the only lifestyle magazine in St. Louis
designed for LGBTQA and Allies, consumers who are enjoying
a new era of acceptance, social mobility and economic
growth. Our core reader is 22-60 years old, professional or
pursuing higher education, partnered up or actively looking, A magazine exploring — and celebrating
— the LGBTQ community in St. Louis
busy building a full life of friendship, (alternative) family and
social engagement. Out in STL readers are socially active and Publisher Chris Keating
Editor Nicholas Phillips
engaged in their communities. E D I T O R I A L
Copy Editor Evie Hemphill
Through advertising, networking mixers, social media,
Columnist Chris Andoe
Contributing Writers Eric Berger, Seán Collins, Melinda Coo-
per, Dera Luce, Melissa Meinzer, Monica Mileur, Ben Westhoff
Editor at Large Sarah Fenske
grassroots and events, we help create a buzz around your A R T
Art Director Kelly Glueck
business. All campaigns include a combination of print,
Contributing Photographers Susan Bennet, Lindy Drew, Monica
Mileur, Sharon Knotts, Jess Luther, Sara Bannoura
P R O D U C T I O N
digital and social to maximize your reach and relevance. It is
Production Manager Brittani Schlager
Production Designer DevinThompson
M U LT I M E D I A A D V E R T I S I N G
our goal to provide unparalleled service, inspire creativity and Sales Director Colin Bell
Senior Account Executive Cathleen Criswell,
Erica Kenney, Nicole Starzyk
become a true business partner.
Account Managers Emily Fear, Jennifer Samuel
C I R C U L A T I O N
Circulation Manager Kevin G. Powers
E U C L I D M E D I A G RO U P
Chief Executive Officer Andrew Zelman
Chief Operating Officers Chris Keating, Michael Wagner
Human Resources Director Lisa Beilstein
VP of Digital Services Stacy Volhein
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Policy OUT IN STL
Illinois’ Ban on the
“Gay Panic” Defense
Wouldn’t Solve a Problem
— But it May Prevent One
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f a man on trial for murder and adopted the “gay-panic
defense,” it would sound something like this: I’m sorry I
killed the victim, your honor, but he winked at me, and he’s
gay, so that’s provocation. I deserve a lesser charge.
Last spring, the Illinois state legislature overwhelming-
ly approved legislation barring the defense. If Republican
Governor Bruce Rauner signs it, Illinois will join California as
one of only two states to take this step.
It’s fair to ask why, given that the law’s proponents concede
the “gay panic” defense is exceedingly rare. “A lot of legislators
I have talked to have said, ‘This is a thing?’” says Mike Ziri, di-
rector of Equality Illinois.
POLICY
But Ziri says he and his allies want to push back against “the
idea that a flirtation from a gay man or a transgender individ-
ual is something that deserves violence. You are essentially
blaming those individuals for the violence committed against
them.”
A case from California shows how such an argument can
arise even in liberal states.
In 2008, Larry King, fifteen, began wearing makeup and
women’s accessories. He asked a middle school classmate to be
his valentine. Two days later, that student, Brandon McInerney,
shot King twice in the back of the head, killing him. Attorneys
for McInerney argued that he was pushed to an “emotional
breaking point” by King’s unwanted flirtations. The jury dead-
locked, and McInerney later pleaded guilty to voluntary man-
slaughter to avoid a retrial. He was sentenced to 21 years.
In response, California became the first state in 2014 to pro-
hibit attorneys from claiming that a violent act had been trig-
gered by the revelation of the victim’s actual or perceived gen-
der or sexual orientation.
Anthony Michael Kreis, a visiting assistant professor at the
“You are essentially Chicago-Kent College of Law, says that the proposed Illinois
law is “aimed to hedge against scenarios like Larry King.”
Ironically, it wouldn’t have altered a recent trial in Illinois
blaming gay men or that some consider a “gay panic” case. In 2009, Joseph Bieder-
mann admitted to stabbing another man multiple times but
transgender claimed it was self-defense because the man had threatened
him with a sword and ordered him to disrobe. The jury acquit-
individuals for the
ted Biedermann.
Kreis says the new measure, which he helped draft, does not
affect self-defense claims such as Biedermann’s. Rather, Kreis
California was the first state violence committed says, the bill simply blocks defense attorneys from arguing in
court that their client’s violence was justified solely because
to ban the “gay panic” defense in 2014
against them.” the victim was of the same sex and made nonviolent advances.
All told, 145 Illinois legislators voted for the bill. None op-
posed it, though 32 did not cast a vote. Ziri says he thinks
Illinois is poised to follow suit in 2017 “there is a very good chance” that the governor will sign it. n
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Jen Everett
An emerging artist on race, identity and the image
BY Dera Luce
U
p until this summer, Jen Everett had an ordinary routine. She would
wake at 7:30 a.m., go to work as a project engineer for a construction
firm and then come home around 5:30 p.m. to her partner and their
thirteen-year-old son in south city. In her bits of spare time, though,
she took photographs. And she was good at it. Everett was invited to ex-
VIEWS
hibit her work at galleries and exhibitions all over town.
Now she’s taking the plunge: Everett, 36, is leaving her construction ca-
reer behind to enroll in a master’s program at the Sam Fox School of De-
T
sign and Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Sometimes it takes fresh eyes to truly see our city. A native of the Detroit
EV
suburbs who graduated from Tuskegee University, she moved here for
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work in 2004. At this point, she has been a local for fourteen years, so we
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consider her a fully naturalized St. Louisan — and one of our rising stars.
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OISTL: Your ongoing series “Sons of festival from Tower Grove Park to down-
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Rest” documents the black queer com- town, and it completely changed the dy-
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munity of St. Louis. What inspired you namic. In a park, people have the tenden-
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to start the project? cy to linger and just be more carefree,
and downtown I just don’t find that the
Jen Everett: Well, it actually grew out of festival itself has the same character. I’m
an assignment for the Vital Voice to doc- happy I had the chance to document that
ument the Pride festival. I noticed that because I don’t really see that happening
the black folks would congregate in this anymore.
one little shelter, and they would have
music and just kick it. So I just started In observing and being a part of these
gravitating towards it and making pho- three groups — black, queer and a St.
tos. Louis resident — what have you no-
The only time you really see a big ticed about the ways they interact
group of gay people kicking it and not with each other?
being concerned about anything or any-
one is in a club. And I mean, clubs are I’m a black woman, and that’s something
fine, but there should be other places you can tell when you look at me. And I
where people can go and be out and not think the queerness is … it’s kind of a
be afraid. dance you have to do. In certain settings
Even when I was done with the assign- you can be very open, and in others
ment, I continued to document that com- people might not be comfortable with
munity, but then they moved the Pride Continued on 10
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Views OUT IN STL
The Bi-Muda
Triangle
NAVIGATING ALTON, WHERE LABELS CAN VANISH
I consider Alton,
Illinois, the
undiscovered
Sausalito of the Mississippi
River. It’s a picturesque town
about 22 miles north of the
Arch, a place with dramatic
topography and grand vistas.
It also happens to have
PHOTO BY ELAINE MARSCHIK
mysteries below the surface.
And a Historic Museum of
Torture Devices.
The museum’s proprietor is
Janet Kolar, Alton’s hearse-
driving (and hearse-racing)
“Mistress of the Macabre.” A A drag queen charms at Bubby & Sissy’s
couple of years ago, I was
Qs
Chris Andoe, a.k.a. “The Em- writing a Halloween feature
peror of St. Louis,” was a colum- for the Vital Voice and I
nist for the Vital Voice and is the “I’m here and you’re here,” long-established sexual pref- at Bubby & Sissy’s, labels are been with men who identify
wanted to profile her. My
author of the book Delusions of she replied serenely, “so this is erences can momentarily fade not central to one’s identity, as straight. Similarly, Chris
interview requests went
Grandeur (Cahokia Press, 2015). a good time.” or vanish altogether. I real- and self-exploration and ex- Keidel, the openly gay own-
unanswered, so one Saturday
You can contact him at chrisandoe@ What followed was part dis- ized there was something perimentation are common. er of the burger bar Bottle &
gmail.com.
afternoon I stopped by the
cussion and part seance — about Alton that lowered the “Our bar’s famous for our Barrel, spends much of his
Mineral Springs Antique
and one of the most fascinat- barriers between queer and tagline, ‘An open-minded time with straight male
Mall, where her museum is
ing interviews of my life. straight. place,’” Demornay says. “So friends. “And that leads to
located. Inside the lobby I
That anecdote speaks to Treva Swain works the people know it’s safe for me hanging out with a guy
passed several shops packed
the way one should approach door at Bubby & Sissy’s. She them to lower their inhibi- having a great time, and ev-
with glassware, then turned
Alton. Unless you downshift, talks about girls crowding in tions and be themselves.” ery now and then, it leads to
down a long, dimly lit
settle in and observe, you’ll for bachelorette parties only Sarah Edington is a regu- something much more fun
corridor leading to the
miss the story. to make out with women by lar who makes the 40-minute with someone no one ever
museum. The gates were
That’s especially true at the end of the night. Then drive from St. Charles just to suspected would be in a
Get over here &
foreboding — and padlocked.
Bubby & Sissy’s, a bar that there’s the trans woman who enjoy the vibe, which to her same-sex relationship.”
I began to leave.
hosts several highly attended sometimes arrives with a feels more welcoming than You might think you know
“Who are you looking for?”
drag shows each week. After I boyfriend, and sometimes a anywhere else. LGBT St. Louis inside and
...bite me.
asked a nearby shopkeeper.
began dating my husband, girlfriend. And then there “In most bars, bi folk get out. You may have even vis-
“Janet Kolar,” I replied,
who is from Alton, I became were the shows in which en- open hostility,” she says. ited Alton, utilizing all the
“but she’s not here.”
a semi-regular at the bar. tertainer Trixie LaRue ran- “But Bubs is friendly to us.” navigational tools at your
“Oh, she’s around. Just
While the employees and domly assembled a group of In Alton, the relative open- disposal, and found nothing
have a seat and she’ll be back
owners are “family,” the pa- mostly straight men from the ness to bisexual activity ex- out of the ordinary. But
by.”
trons, at first blush, seemed audience and within minutes tends past the confines of when exploring the town’s
So I downshifted out of my
largely straight. But as I met had them all dancing one bar. Native Brian Ray, Bi-Muda Triangle, it’s im-
city rhythm and settled in.
8509 Delmar St. Louis • 222 E Park Street, Edwardsville, IL Before long, she arrived. I in-
people, I heard stories about
the times some of them fell
through the crowd in their
underwear.
who doesn’t even frequent
Bubby & Sissy’s, estimates
portant to understand those
tools are of little use. Here,
www.jillyscupcakebar.com troduced myself, asking if this
would be a good time to talk.
into what I call the “Bi-Muda Drag Show Director that 90 percent of his sexual you can’t even rely on your
Triangle”— a realm where Teighlor Demornay says that encounters in the area have gaydar. n
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Feature OUT IN STL
St. Louis’ annual LGBTQ
Local Pride(s) In recent years, though,
L
a growing number of peo-
celebration is splintering. ple in the area have formed
their own groups and festivals.
FEATURE
Some of these offshoots arose from
Is that a bad thing? BY Melissa Meinzer
et’s set aside for now any tension among the various pride
a desire to affirm a unique identity.
Others were born of convenience. One
emerged as a defiant refusal to be absorbed
celebrations in St. Louis and establish this: There are a mil- into the mainstream.
lion legit ways to be proud. You can catch gleaming beads at They co-exist peacefully, for the most part. In
one of the city’s largest parades. You can set up a booth at a June, representatives from each converged for a
street party to let your neighbors know you exist. You can panel discussion, “A Proud History,” at the Missouri
admire a radical drag show, or boogie until dawn at the History Museum.
prom your high school never dared to throw. “I think it’s a great thing, having a lot of options” says
There are as many ways to be proud as there are ways to Matt Harper, Pride St. Louis president. “We’re kind of like the
be queer. And a pride festival is often integral to one’s life big brother. We like being that resource. I love what they repre-
journey: It can be the first time you feel like a part of the sent and wish we could help out more.”
tribe — or any tribe, for that matter. Pride festivals are a What remains to be seen, however, is whether these alternative
crucial part of the LGBTQ experience worldwide. St. Louis “small prides” offer so many advantages that they sap the strength of the
is no different. big event downtown, or render it obsolete — an outcome some observers
For more than three decades, the go-to vehicle for celebrat- would lament.
ing pride in our region has been PrideFest. The tradition be- Steven Louis Brawley, founder of the St. Louis LGBT History Project, says
gan in April 1980, just months after the National March on that PrideFest has always been a symbolic institution, a unified flexing of po-
Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, when local activists litical muscle, and “the one signature pride.”
dared to gather in the Central West End for a charity walk. Are we leaving it behind?
Thirty-seven years later, the organizers have coalesced into
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Pride St. Louis, a full-fledged nonprofit with programming For Pride St. Louis, the year 2017 was wildly successful — and rocky.
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year-round. On a mild and sunny Sunday in June, thousands crowded downtown to take
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Today, the organization runs a community center. It awards in the capstone event of PrideFest 2017, dubbed “Community Proud.” The
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scholarships. It hosts a weekend-long festival that takes over parade stepped off just after noon, after MetroLink trains disgorged crowds of
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downtown, turning the city’s commercial and governmental rainbow-clad visitors from near and far.
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heart into a gorgeous explosion of rainbows, glitter and the Cleve Jones, founder of the San Francisco AIDS foundation and creator of the
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heartiest of parties. NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, served as grand marshal. Also on hand
Since the festival’s move downtown five years ago, it has were people in T-shirts depicting Hillary Clinton’s myriad monochrome pantsuits
become by some measures the most identifiably St. Louisan, arranged in a rainbow; at least two people holding signs featuring 2017’s most
too, with the iconic Gateway Arch serving as a backdrop for delightful gay meme, the Babadook, a horror movie monster; opposite-gender
the parade. couples with toddlers; and a lovely young man in purple skinny jeans, stilettos, a
feathered mask and nothing else. Continued on 20
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8 South Sarah St., 314-535-0551
At the Scottish Arms, a friendly soccer
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Escapes OUT IN STL
be the truest you, whoever that may be
WE’RE PROUD TO LEND OUR HANDS
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Blair Smith runs the Elsah General Store with his wife, Dory.
South City Scooters Elsah has two B&Bs to choose from. Above, the entrance to the garden of the Green Tree Inn.
Show Your Pride
flood of 1993, Davis explained, sodas. If you drop by on a
ELSAH the sheetrock covering the interior Wednesday morning, you might
Arrive Alive
Continued from pg 49
walls was destroyed. But that led spot locals chatting away over
happier. Connie will cook your to the discovery underneath of Danishes and coffee during their
2017 JET
complimentary breakfast. She smooth blonde wood with weekly meet-up.
says the customers vary widely: hand-painted patterns dating All of this is just a short drive
One morning, an Amish family back to 1885, when the building (or bike ride) away from the great
49cc shared a table with a group of was constructed. hiking opportunities at Pere
kids with dyed hair and piercings. We also stopped by the Elsah Marquette State Park, which
$
160000 The Davises only have two rules, General Store (22 LaSalle has twelve miles of marked trails.
no matter who you are or what Street, 618-556-0709), which was If a nice glass of chardonnay
your personal beliefs may be: everything I’d hoped it would be. is more your speed, keep in
150cc “Respect our property, and re- Picture Oleson’s Mercantile from mind Elsah is a dry village, but
Little House on the Prairie. Blair and the Grafton Winery & Bre-
$
170000 spect our guests.”
Connie even gave us a quick Dory Smith re-opened the store a whaus (300 West Main, Graf-
ALL PHOTOS BY JESS LUTHER
walking tour of Elsah. The first few years ago to meet the need ton, IL 62037, 618-786-3001) is
Free Fulmer Helmet with stop on our walk was Farley’s
Music Hall (37 Mill Street, 618-
for a town grocery. They stock all
the basics, plus some St. Louis
only five miles down the road,
where you can sip on reds,
Scooter Purchase 374-1059), a multipurpose build- specialities such as Ted Drewes whites or a tasting flight of their
Sales Tax, 1 year parts warranty and 60 days labor warranty ing now used for parties, wedding Frozen Custard, Dogtown Pizza signature beers. n
included with scooter purchase receptions and Contra dances, and Kakao chocolate. They also Melinda Cooper is a musician and
which she described as a mixture offer an extensive list of local frequent contributor to the Riverfront
314.664.2737 The Maple Leaf Cottage Inn is another B&B in Elsah at 12 Selma Street.
of folk dancing and “making new pure cane sugar sodas, including Times. You may contact her at
4301 Connecticut at Morgan Ford friends set to music.” After the Dog n’ Suds root beer and Excel melindajcooper@gmail.com
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Performers OUT IN STL
TeddyBear
Therapy
PERFORMERS
Tragedy dogs rapper Eric Dontè — andBYdrives him
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ric Dontè is not in counseling. His music is how he gets
out his anguish.
“I think a lot of people feel like I do but are afraid to
say it out loud,” he says, sitting in his bare-bones apartment in the
Shaw neighborhood. “I’ve hit rock bottom so many times, what’s
the worst that can happen at this point?”
Dontè, 23, is six feet two inches tall and rail thin, with a frowny-
face emoji tattooed on his left arm. His song “Sad Lives Matter”
begins with crying, then chronicles the 2011 suicide of his best
friend, who shot himself in the head.
The day before, they’d gone to Build-A-Bear to get teddy bears.
After the suicide, Dontè carried his bear with him for years as a
way to remember his departed comrade. The bear finally met its
demise last year when another friend’s mother inexplicably tossed
it.
His exuberant concerts feature him singing, rapping and
bouncing off backup dancers and hype men. The shows are
highlighted by fans throwing teddy bears on stage for him. They
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know he lost his favorite, and he carries different ones with him
wherever he goes.
feels assured. Citing such influences as Marilyn ther had wished they were closer. “At least I er the world seems to be crashing around him, Dontè noodles in his studio in
Many musicians describe their music as cathartic, but Dontè’s is mid-July — with the help of a
Manson, Tyler the Creator and Missy Elliott, he know now, but I wish I would have known be- which happens with distressing frequency. It’s not
nothing but. It’s atmospheric, artful hip-hop that is moody and friend.
maintains a vivid, gender-bending aesthetic, fore,” Dontè says. always enough. He often feels crippled by social
drawn from his life — as in, he’s sometimes literally reading from
wearing pink braids and tiaras in his videos. His Around the same time, his brother was shot anxiety, making it hard to perform, hard to bring
pages of his diary. Although he has all the makings of a critical fa-
good looks have won him modeling shoots and several times — emerging from a coma the day positive energy to fans who are counting on him
vorite, has performed at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival and
runway shows. after their father’s death. Dontè doesn’t know for inspiration.
maintains a passionate local fan base, he’s not quite there yet.
Meanwhile, tragedy keeps striking. His father what inspired the attack, and the shooting is still The title of his upcoming EP, A Lamp in the
Some of the beats he uses sound amateurish. His music isn’t yet
died of a heart attack in July. They’d been grow- under investigation. “It’s tough, but I’m making Room, due out in late summer, is a metaphor for
available on streaming services (though it will be soon). He also
ing closer since his dad kicked him out of the it,” he says. this feeling. He wants to be “a burst of light” in
lacks a publicist or manager.
house at age eighteen, unaccepting of his son’s His art is a bright spot — and that, he says, is dark rooms for his fans, but “because of my
But his songs are so gut-wrenching and original that his success
sexuality. After the funeral, Dontè learned his fa- “how it’s always been.” Music is his ally whenev- anxiety I’m not sure I want Continued on 44
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“She was amazing,” says Erin O’Flaherty, Miss Missouri
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THE O’Flaherty could sense the young girl needed help. didn’t know about them.” ceration of a parent.
Best “You have to put yourself in someone’s shoes,” says O’Fla-
herty. “I remember what it was like to be that age and be navi-
Outreach is key, according to Dr. Katie Plax, a professor of pe-
diatrics at Washington University School of Medicine. Granted,
The more of these experiences that a young person has, the
more likely they are to engage in violence, the more likely they
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O’Flaherty’s participation in Miss America last September
proximity to services. Their rural peers often don’t.
“Life in a rural community can be really protective in its own
gage in self-harm.
“These Adverse Childhood Experiences are really bad for us,”
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self-harm in that demographic is disproportionately high. A “They’re able to examine texts and figure out who needs to be cially young people who are facing a number of ACEs. But it
study last year by the Centers for Disease Control showed that triaged. They’ve mapped it out to know who is most at risk,” ex- also calls for LGBTQ adults to be available for young people.
the rate of suicide attempts among lesbian, gay and bisexual plains Plax. If you’re trying to reach young people, there’s proba- Finding trustworthy adults is important — people who under-
youth is four times higher than that of straight youth. For bly no better way than through their phones. stand what young LGBTQ people face and can serve as a social
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but they don’t always know it’s there. Acting as Miss Missouri, these are all real things that really impact young people’s lives.” lives a more low-profile life, co-managing a women’s clothing
O’Flaherty visited various gay-straight alliance clubs at rural And these things impact our health. Plax talks about Adverse boutique in Chesterfield called Ra- Continued on 48
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Agenda OUT IN STL
AGENDA
YOUR FALL,
These are just three of the many pho-
either of these two books at Left Bank. acts. During the intermission, the col- version of it.” In 2015, she published a
LIT THAT’S LIT Eileen Myles reading, free, 7 p.m.; Gay Men’s Read- orguard will play music from the film book of those photographs, Every Breath
tos by photographer Jess Dugan (cen-
ter) now on exhibit at UMSL.
PLANNED
ing Group, free, 7:30 p.m., Thurs. Sept. 28, Left Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, We Drew. Now she’s exhibiting 30 of
Lovers of belles lettres can enjoy a feast of Bank Books, 399 N Euclid Ave, 314-367-6731, which was released twenty years ago, in them, along with a video component, at
literary discussion at Left Bank Books on www.left-bank.com 1997 — the same year BandTogether was UMSL through October 14. She shot the
September 28. In the back of the shop, born. portraits across the country, but many
GET A PIECE OF
nationally renowned lesbian poet Eileen BandTogether Halloween Concert, free, donations wel- were in Chicago and Boston, in her sub-
Myles will be discussing her most recent jects’ homes, and often in their bedrooms,
work, Afterglow (A Dog Memoir). Ostensibly MONSTER BALLADS comed, 8 p.m., Sat., Oct. 14, 560 Music Center, 560
Trinity Ave., 314-935-6564, www.bandtogetherstl. using medium- and large-format cameras.
CULTURE, OFF it’s a love letter to her late pit bull Rosie,
whom she welcomed off the street and BandTogether, an LGBTQ not-for-profit
com The collection includes gay men, gay
women, straight men, trans women and
THE BEATEN loved for sixteen years. But according to
British reviewer Helen Macdonald, Myl-
es’ new work is “really about life and ev-
devoted to music performance, has an-
nounced its theme for the annual Hallow-
een Concert on October 14: “Tale as Old THE PICTURE OF
even her partner Jess, with whom Dugan
settled in St. Louis three years ago. All of
her subjects, she has said, “represented
PATH erything there is.” Meanwhile, down in
the basement of the shop, the Gay Men’s
as Time.” With about 100 volunteer mu-
sicians on the stage, many in costume, the MANHOOD
something I either saw in myself or want-
ed to embody.”
Reading Group will meet to discuss the concert band will swirl through pieces re- “Every Breath We Drew” exhibition, free, Gallery
novel Guapa by Kuwaiti-born author Sal- lated to stories that have been passed When artist Jess Dugan began shooting 210, University of Missouri–St. Louis, through Oct.
eem Haddad. The book follows a single down through generations. Think Dracula, portraits of her friends in 2011, she says, 14, Tues. - Sat. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 44 East Dr. on
fateful day in the life of Rasa, a gay man The Hobbit, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. she gravitated to those who had “found a UMSL campus, 314-516-5976, http://gallery210.
in the post-Arab-Spring Middle East Hyde, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Beauty way to be masculine that’s more gentle umsl.edu/
whose life is teetering into chaos. You’ll and the Beast, among others. The band will and more vulnerable than the mainstream
get a twenty percent discount if you buy play more than a dozen pieces over two Continued on 30
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Beets
of the
Heart
FLAVORS
A STAR CHEF REVEALS THE EMOTIONAL ORIGIN OF A ROOTY DISH
BY ERIC BERGER
I t’s hard to believe chef Rob Connoley when he
says he doesn’t like beets.
Consider his “Rolled Roasted Roots” dish.
He uses the core of a red beet like the veal
shank in ossobuco, then slices the remainder of that beet —
plus a golden one — into thin strips, which he wraps around
the core. He serves it atop a chickpea cake and finishes it with
bechamel sauce.
Still, he insists: “I could care less about beets.”
So why does Connoley, a James Beard Award nominee fa-
mous for using foraged ingredients, bother to gussy up these
earthy roots?
His husband, Tyler, loves them.
Connoley first made the dish years ago at the Curious Kum-
quat, the destination restaurant he used to run in Silver City,
New Mexico. It quickly became one of Tyler’s favorites. And
what began as a labor of love now promises to fit perfectly
into the sort of cuisine Connoley plans to serve at his upcom-
PHOTOS BY JAY HEMPHILL
ing restaurant, Bulrush.
“I don’t like wimpy, light vegetarian dishes,” says Connoley,
a Bridgeton native who moved back to the area last year. “I
was in a ranch and mining town before, so I had to make sure
that the food would satisfy people.”
He found that even when he put beets in a chilled salad, they
punched above their weight: “Your body reacts to them like meat.”
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plans to base the menu around
ROB CONNOLEY ingredients that he has foraged.
Continued from pg 35
S
As the author of Acorns & Cat-
The first time Connoley made tails: a Modern Foraging Cookbook
the dish and sent it out to his hus- of Forest, Farm & Field, Connoley
band, he heard a loud “squeal or has been doing pop-up restau-
chirp” from the dining room. rants and charity events around
“Half of me was happy that I St. Louis since his return. He
SEPTEMBER 11
got the right dish for him,” re- spends a couple hours each
calls the chef. “The other half morning hiking on public and pri-
was thinking, ‘You need to be qui-
et; there are customers out
vate land outside the city, search-
ing for blueberries, wild mush- WHAT FIVE L
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Tyler, whose job now involves
helping immigrants get housing,
rooms and sumac. When he
comes back, he says, “my legs are
completely cut up and scratched
clothes or legal services, says of and bloody.”
SEPTEMBER 4
the dish, “It’s just amazing to As for the “Rolled Roasted
look at; it’s just so beautiful. And Roots,” he says he would be sur-
it was exciting that it was a whole prised if they don’t show up at
dish of beets.” Bulrush, if perhaps in a slightly
Tyler often serves as the prima- different format. “You know I
ARTWORK DEADLINE ry taste-tester for the dishes
Connoley is developing. At Bul-
can’t serve my old stuff!” he
points out.
rush, which is expected to open Not that Tyler would complain. n
early next year, Connoley
Eric Berger is a journalist in St. Louis who
writes for St. Louis Magazine, the Riverfront
Times and the St. Louis Jewish Light. You can
reach him at eric.berger87@gmail.com.
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bread-maker will win oven
mitts, while the chili champion
will win an apron. The Peo-
ple’s Choice winners, mean-
while, shall win eternal fame.
Chili Cook-Off, free, donations encour-
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GET FILTHY
As queer culture goes main-
stream, its “edgy underground
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in which case you’re in luck. There will also be a panel of
Individuals and teams will guest speakers — including a
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CHARITABLE compete (for entry fees of $10
and $20, respectively) to make
city alderman! — to discuss
being queer in St. Louis and
CHILI the most scrumptious chili and
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how to make a difference in
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PrideCenter’s inaugural Chili though donations are encour- cesses in the limelight, and
Cook-Off simply because you aged. A fixing station loaded that’s cool,” notes Glamour,
believe in its mission: to pro- with cheese, sour cream, tabas- “but equally important are the
vide a safe space for LGBTQ co, salt and pepper, crackers, evil queens that make the story
individuals, to operate a lend- onion and chips will let you interesting.”
ing library and to run a Cyber- customize your bowl. The Filthy Filth Fest, $10, adults only, 9
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the feedback. der echoes Gregory’s senti- interacted with crowds of Award. He’s been making a overdose, and is available without
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