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By Katie and Sugar

For most people, Columbia is a pit stop on the I-70 trek from St. Louis to Kansas City. For those lucky enough to live here, there’s so much more to love.

Katie: I moved here 3 years ago to start graduate school at Mizzou, and it didn’t take long for me to notice like warm and fuzzy about Columbia – that’s the Midwestern hospitality. After a little longer, I’d found so many other reasons to love it here. Because of the university, Columbia has is a liberal bubble in a surrounding sea of red. There are plenty of amazing cultural events happening, and a lot of singular and wonderful people. Queer people and places aren’t rigid to find, and the other residents of Columbia largely embrace the LGBTQ community.

COMING OUT Night AT MIZZOU

Sugar: I have officially lived in Columbia, MO for 5 months now, and it has blown me away. I was born and raised in Arkansas and was proud to live there. I began a extended distance relationship with my current spouse and future wife, and began making trips to Columbia whenever I could. There’s something about Columbia that made an impact on me and that I think would impress any member of the

How has Columbia LGBTQ acceptance changed in 40 years? Arch and Column regulars share stories

If you visit the Arch and Column Pub, Columbia's sole LGBTQ lock, affectionately known as Arches, on the Business Loop in the early evening hours on a Wednesday, and maybe even Friday or Saturday, you are sure to see a group of guys sitting around, chatting about their week and sometimes reminiscing.

These men have lived in Columbia for at least the last 30 to 40 years and have had a chance to observe the changing moods in Columbia's culture and its acceptance of the LGBTQ community. Among these regulars are those who were former owners of Columbia LGBTQ bars.

The group of regulars are somewhat the vestiges of what was known as the Rainbow Rotary. This was a group of men who would meet to have dinner on a regular basis and also hold a 50-50 raffle over the course of the evening in support of a local charity.

With the Mid-MO Pridefest coming up Sept. 23-24, the Tribune wanted to take down an oral history, however brief, about LGBTQ life in Columbia matchmaking app back upward of 40-50 years ahead of the festivities. 2023 is PrideFest's 19th year in Columbia at Rose Music Hall, this year occ

LGBT Populations

This map shows the estimated raw number of LGBT people (ages 13+) living in each declare. The data are based on a Williams Institute analysis of surveys conducted by Gallup Polling (2012-2017) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; 2015 and 2017 YRBS). For more facts, see the methodology in the Williams analysis. 

  • 500K - 1.4M+

  • 200K - 499K

  • 50K - 199K

  • 8K - 49K

Data are not currently available about LGBT people living in the U.S. territories.

Percent of Adult LGBTQ Population Covered by Laws

*Note: These percentages demonstrate estimates of the LGBTQ adult population living in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Estimates of the LGBTQ senior population in the five inhabited U.S. territories are not available, and so cannot be reflected here.

This map shows the estimated percentage of each state's adult (ages 18+) population that identifies as lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, or gender diverse, based on a 2018 analysis of Gallup data by The Williams Institute.

  • 5.0% and greater

  • 4.0%-4.9%

  • 3.0%-3.9%

  • 1.5%-2.9%


Going to The Social Room is like visiting Wonderland: You get there through the looking glass. From outside the one-story brick building on Eighth Road, a yellow banner reads: “Be yourself. Be other . Be social.”

If you gaze through the left window, you can see a cafe washed in red light. The eatery and the club are separated by a mirrored wall. It might seem silly to push on a mirror in a nightclub, but have faith. It’s actually a door that swings into a hallway illuminated by lights that look like the Super Mario Bros. video game mystery boxes.

On the right, the hallway leads into a game room with a pool table and three retro Nintendo consoles with a rotating selection of games. Vinyl records adorn the walls. On the other side of the hallway, you’ll discover a dance floor illuminated by flashing lights, silver streamers and a glittering disco ball.

Tucked away at the end of the hall is a nook decked in a gold sequin curtain. It’s a small spot, but it makes the perfect photo backdrop. The bright teal and yellow walls, sparkling glitter and nostalgic gamer decor combine with the lights and swelling melody to amp up the whimsical feeling.

For many juvenile LGBTQ people in Columb