PROMO (Promoting Missouri) is a
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...
statewide
LGBTQ advocacy and lobbying nonprofit organization. A member of the
Equality Federation, it is the largest LGBTQ organization in the state.
So called
conversion therapy is as of July 2018 still legal in Missouri (with the exception of a few jurisdictions) and PROMO is campaigning to ban the practice when it is forced on minors.
PROMO, and partners such as the ACLU of Missouri and the
Human Rights Campaign, work to pass a
non-discrimination act in Missouri. A current project PROMO supports, with
MTUG, is the
Transgender Memorial Garden in
St. Louis. PROMO is a major supporter of
St. Louis PrideFest.
What became PROMO formed in 1986 as People Aligned for Change and Equality (PACE), in response to ''
Bowers v. Hardwick''. In 1990 it was formally registered as Privacy Rights Education Project (PREP).
SAGE Metro St. Louis merged into PROMO in 2015.
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Alumni
* Elizabeth Fuchs, state legislator
See also
* LGBT rights in Missouri
* Fairness Campaign (Kentucky)
* One Iowa
* OutNebraska
References
External links
Official site
HRC MissouriACLU of Missouri
{{LGBT in the United States
LGBTQ political advocacy groups in Missouri
Equality Federation
1986 establishments in Missouri
Organizations established in 1986
Non-profit organizations based in Missouri
501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations