BAMSL LGBTQ+ Committee steps out for Pride | Photos

Members of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) wave and walk down Market Street during the St. Louis Pride parade on June 26, 2022. This year marks the first time BAMSL has participated. (Photo by T.L. Witt)

Aaron Barnett-Foster and Danny Barnett-Foster wave to the crowd as they walk in the St. Louis Pride parade on Market Street. The recently married couple joined Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis in the Sunday, June 26, 2022 parade. (Photo by T.L. Witt)

Katie Doherty and Kenzie Jarva try to stay dry before the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) enters the St. Louis Pride parade proceedings. (Photo by T.L. Witt)

In spite of the rain on Sunday, June 26, 2022, Nabil Al-Khaled walks in the St. Louis Pride parade. Al-Khaled was one of 10 Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) members in the parade. (Photo by T.L. Witt)

About 11 attorneys, their family members and a law student represented the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) in the June 26 St. Louis Pride parade.

The attorneys are members of BAMSL’s LGBTQ+ Committee. A law student took a break from studying for the upcoming bar exam to join the attorneys.

Attorney Danny Barnett-Foster said that the committee has collaborated on a referral network for transgender people seeking counsel on healthcare and legal name changes, and that the committee plans to host a booth at next year’s Pride along with walking in the Parade.

Barnett-Foster’s husband also joined him in the parade. Barnett-Foster said that the two had planned their wedding for 2023 until the Supreme Court opinion draft was leaked and revealed that Roe v. Wade would be overturned. Out of caution for what that might mean for cases upholding same-sex marriage as well as interracial marriage, the couple married in St. Louis County Circuit Court on June 8.

“We wanted to have our marriage in place before the potential fallout of what I hope does not happen,” Barnett-Foster said.

The couple is still planning a ceremony and celebration of their union in April 2023.