LGBTQ+

The GLO Center Market is held at 518 E. Commercial in Springfield.

Earlier this month, the LGBTQ advocacy group received $83,000 from the Musgrave Foundation to launch the initiative for unhoused youth.

The archives, with the acronym, “OLGA,” are maintained by Missouri State University and preserve records of local queer history going back to the 1950s.

Allyson Tuckness was voted out as president in August. That vote was overturned in September and has led to a pending lawsuit. The library’s board of trustees has faced more than two years of public comments calling for labeling and/or sequestering of LGBTQ+ materials.

You can learn more about LGBTQ+ history in the Ozarks this October by exploring the Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives collection.

Organizers expect 5,000 attendees during a day of events that starts with a parade through downtown Springfield.

The event memorialized the lives of transgender people lost to violence in the last year

The latest data show that over the past decade, roughly half of Springfield Public Schools students received free and reduced lunches. A key school board vote this week affects those students.

Several events are planned throughout the month, including the PRIDE Fair.

This week, the City of Springfield’s diversity chief is meeting with officials from Kansas City about LGBT equality.