Zachary Wyatt

Scores of people showed up to Shepard Boulevard Elementary in Columbia Friday afternoon to line the streets with American flags along the route to the…

Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, including:A Missouri lawmaker announces he is gay.Missouri House approves legislation changing the way…

A Republican member of the Missouri House announced today that he is gay during a press conference on a bill that would limit public schools from discussing sexual orientation in the classroom. Zachary Wyatt of Kirksville told reporters he has deep regrets for not taking stands earlier against school bullying, and called for lawmakers to shelve the so-called “don’t say gay” bill. With his disclosure today, Wyatt becomes the only current openly gay Republican state legislator in the nation. St. Louis Public Radio’s Marshall Griffin talked with Wyatt about the bill and his decision to come out.

Will be updated. Updated at 11:59 a.m. with information that Wyatt is the only current openly gay Republican state legislator in the nation. A Republican Missouri House member has announced publicly that he is gay and called upon GOP leaders to end legislation that would limit discussion of sexual orientation in public schools.