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Central Illinois
Illinois State University severe weather closure, Friday , March 31
Due to the forecast for severe weather for Friday evening, Illinois State University will close at 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Opinion
Features
Features
Gender-affirming care has a long history in the US – and not just for transgender people
When politicians today refer to gender-affirming care as new, “untested” or “experimental,” they ignore the long history of transgender medicine in the United States.
Reviews
Reviews
TV Show Review: Carnival Row Season 2
The second and final season of Carnival Row begins 9 months after the events of season 1.
Statewide
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois’ first trans resource fair on Friday
The Rainbow Cafe LGBTQ Center will hold Southern Illinois' first transgender resource fair on Friday, March 31, followed by a rally.
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois PrideFest looking for volunteers, vendors
Southern Illinois PrideFest is looking for volunteers and vendors for this year's event.
Statewide
Illinois Supreme Court Elder Law Commission to host listening sessions
The aging of the baby boom generation has made Elder Law one of the fastest growing areas for state courts.
Statewide
Illinois House passes gender-neutral restroom bill
The Illinois House of Representatives has passed HB 1286, which gives guidance and standards on multi-user gender-neutral public restrooms.
Regional, National, World
Regional
Fairness Campaign condemns veto override of SB150
The Fairness Campaign, Kentucky’s LGBTQ rights organization, has condemned the state legislature’s override of SB150’s veto
National
More than 144,000 transgender youth at risk of losing access to gender-affirming care
The Williams Institute on Thursday said an estimated 144,500 transgender youth ages 13 and older in the U.S. are at risk of being denied gender-affirming medical care due state bans and policies.
National
Illinois U.S. Reps lead letter to FDA on updated blood donation guidance
On Thursday, Illinois U.S. Representatives lead a letter to the FDA on updating blood donation guidance for LGBTQ men.
Regional
Kentucky legislature overrides veto of anti-trans bill
Votes came after youth rallied asking lawmakers to let veto stand.
Arts
Arts
Illinois performing arts programs taking the stage downtown
Dance and Lyric Theatre students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will have a change of scenery when they perform for the first time at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign.
Arts
Quill and Ink Literary Festival on April 29
The event will be held at the SIU Student Center in the Old Main Room. The event will run from 9:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Arts
Krannert Art Museum exhibition explores suibokuga and watercolor paintings by Shozo Sato
A Krannert Art Museum exhibition features paintings by Shozo Sato, the founder of Japan House and an emeritus professor of theatre and of art at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Arts
Broadway actors come together to bring the jukebox musical “The Doo Wop Project” to Effingham
“The Doo Wop Project” pays tribute to the Doo Wop and Motown music of the 20th century.