Chris Andoe is a St. Louis based writer and seasoned activist. After meeting John Aravosis at a Chicago “StopDrLaura.com” protest in 2000, Chris was inspired to organize his own major demonstrations in St. Louis, his adopted hometown, which drew national attention. Since then, his activism has revolved around LGBT, affordable housing, and mass transit issues. While living in San Francisco, Andoe made headlines taking on the amorphous hacker group Anonymous for publishing nude photos of a Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesperson, saying “Puritanical shame-based tactics have no place in the capital of sexual liberation”, and he extensively covered the city’s jarring gentrification, from mass evictions to the nudity ban. Back in St. Louis Andoe’s hosted public events on the subway and elsewhere as “The Emperor,” and writes the Tales from the Emperor column for Vital Voice Magazine. Always in the fray, Andoe’s been interviewed by NPR, CBS, and has been quoted from CNN to The St. Louis Post Dispatch. His highly anticipated book of short stories, Delusions of Grandeur, is due out in May. Twitter: @EmperorAndoe
Born out of Pain: St. Louis artists respond to Ferguson
BREAKING: Grand jury refuses to indict Officer Wilson
He moved to NYC, and became Airbnb’s bitch
San Francisco in the golden age of ‘Glassholes’
Jesusland to gorge itself in support of Duck Dynasty
It’s time for a somber national discussion about [insert latest shooting tragedy here]
Mary Cheney grows a pair on gay marriage – or not
Don’t understand the GOP shutdown strategy? Think “gambling addict”
Our Chris Andoe, on the death of his dog Sophie
A beautiful story of love and marriage in the wake of Prop 8’s demise
SF Pride is not exempt from city’s new “nudity ban” (told you so)
