PROMO, Missouri's Statewide LGBTQ Advocacy Organization

News

Legislative Update: Spring Break Issue

We’ve had a busy month following the Missouri legislature as they have started to actively file anti-LGBTQ bills. On February 19, PROMO hosted a lobby day at the Capitol, in which 70 LGBTQ and ally Missourians learned how to build and effectively share their stories with ...

Missouri Supreme Court Rules in Two Historic LGBTQ Cases

In a pair of historic decisions, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled this morning that a case of employment discrimination of a gay man and a case of public accommodations discrimination of a transgender student can proceed as unlawful sex discrimination claims under Missouri’s Human ...

This Week in LGBTQ Nondiscrimination News

I’m Samati Niyomchai, PROMO’s new Manager of Public Policy! While I am sad to leave my position as an HIV Case Manager in the Ryan White Program, I am excited to extend my social work career into the direction of public policy, especially ...

Youth Mental Health Preservation Act Filed to Protect Missouri’s LGBTQ Youth

Conversion therapy, also referred to as “reparative therapy,” “ex-gay therapy,” and “sexual orientation change efforts,” is a widely discredited practice that attempts to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Representative Tracy McCreery (D – 88) filed the Youth Mental Health Preservation Act (HB 516) today ...

MONA Filed on Both Sides of the Aisle

The Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA) has once again been filed this year, making this the 21st year in a row. As legislative pre-filing began this month, Representative Tom Hannegan (R – 65) took the opportunity today to help protect LGBTQ Missourians from discrimination. MONA would add sexual ...

SCOTUS Nomination – What’s At Stake

The Supreme Court has been critical to achieving legal protections for LGBTQ Americans, and the Supreme Court is critical to our movement forward.…

Events

Missouri’s LGBTQ Equality Day

We’re excited for Equality Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, April 10th! At PROMO, we believe in the power of storytelling. YOU matter and ...

Wednesday

April 10, 2019
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Missouri State Capitol

201 W Capitol Ave
Jefferson City, MO 65101

St. Louis Volunteer Leadership Meeting

Protecting LGBTQ Missourians from discrimination has always started with education, and that’s why we are ramping up our education efforts in a significant way ...

Wednesday

March 27, 2019
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

PROMO

2200 Gravois Ave. Ste. 201
St. Louis, Missouri 63104

Urbanaire 2019

Join us for PROMO’s 12th Annual URBANAIRE — PROMO’s annual fundraising event, bringing together 500+ LGBTQ-supporters, community leaders, politicians, and equality enthusiasts from all backgrounds ...

Saturday

May 11, 2019
6:00 PM

to Sunday

May 12, 2019
12:00 AM

Cortex Innovation Community

4240 Duncan Avenue
St. Louis, Mo 63110

Get Involved

Tell Missouri Legislators to Pass MONA!

LGBTQ Missourians need to be protected from discrimination. The Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA) would add sexual orientation and gender identity to Missouri’s Human Rights Act, which currently prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations for other protected categories, ...

Help Us Reach Our 2018 Goal

All contributions to PROMO make a significant impact in Missouri. Whether you donate $5 or $500, every little bit helps. While we have seen our own challenges in our state, we have an opportunity to leverage these challenges into progress as long ...

Legislative Session

PROMO has an active presence lobbying at the Capitol. Lobbying is simply an effort to win the support of legislators or other public officials for a position on a piece of specific legislation or a specific legislative proposal. Our goal ...

Blog

How the Department of Justice’s Guidance is a License to Discriminate

You are beautiful. Let’s just start with that. Take a minute and remember how beautiful you are. How perfect you are, exactly how you are. You are loved. You are light. You are beautiful. Last week, the United States government, through the Department of ...

It Is Critical for PROMO to Have a Presence at the Capitol
“Investigate, Agitate, Legislate” -National Consumer’s League founded in 1899 This ...

Sen. Ed Emery’s Unfortunate Guide to Being an Ally
This past Friday, Sen. Ed Emery spoke at a meeting ...

LGBTQ Health and the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act
The Missouri Nondiscrimination Act which would add sexual orientation ...