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Central Illinois
UP Center criticizes OSF Healthcare over discriminatory benefits policy
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The Uniting Pride Center of Champaign County on Monday criticized OSF Healthcare's policy barring LGBTQ employees from access fertility care.
Opinion
Features
Features
How does monkeypox spread? An epidemiologist explains why it isn’t an STI and what counts as close contact
Monkeypox is caused by a virus that, despite periodic outbreaks, is not thought to spread easily from person to person and historically has not spurred long chains of transmission within communities. Now, many researchers are left scratching their heads as to why monkeypox seems to be propagating so readily and unconventionally in the current global outbreak.
Reviews
Reviews
Book Review: Jenny Kidd
This is Laury Egan’s first novel although she’s published two books of poetry and a short story collection.
Statewide
Lead Story
Bailey doubles down on comparing abortion to Holocaust
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Darren Bailey, the GOP candidate for Illinois governor, doubled down this week on comparing abortion to the Holocaust in an old campaign video.
Statewide
Federal court holds Illinois Department of Corrections in contempt
A federal court judge issued an order of contempt against the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) on Monday after the Department repeatedly ignored court orders and failed to take appropriate steps to improve health care in the state prison system.
Statewide
Report: 213,000 Illinois kids struggle with mental health challenges
Children's advocacy groups are sounding the alarm about the mental-health struggles facing Illinois kids.
Statewide
Illinois joins amicus briefs supporting LGBTQ students
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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Friday that Illinois had joined other states in amicus briefs against LGBTQ student discrimination.
Regional, National, World
National
LGBTQ, health groups denounce Florida’s anti-trans healthcare rule
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A coalition of of LGBTQ and health organizations have denounced a new Florida rule that denies Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care for both youth and adults.
National
Trevor Project: Multiracial LGBTQ youth face heightened suicide risk
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A new report released this week by The Trevor Project highlights the mental health experiences among youth of different racial backgrounds.
National
Young LGBQ adults experience more psychological distress than older LGBQ people
A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds younger LGBQ adults are physically healthier but have worse psychological distress than older LGBQ people.
National
FDA expands monkeypox vaccine access, LGBTQ coalition forms to address spread
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization for the JYNNEOS vaccine on Monday to increase monkeypox vaccination access.
Arts
Arts
Book Review: Love and Other Disasters
I heard about Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly on Tiktok. They said it was an f/nb romance novel set on a cooking...
Arts
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts announces 2022-23 artists
The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts will bring a variety of touring artists to its stages for the 2022-23 season, although at a smaller scale than during its pre-COVID-19 seasons.
Arts
Television Show Review: “Our Flag Means Death”
Warning: Mild Spoilers for Our Flag Means Death
https://youtu.be/xFE8ASwxmpA
I first heard about Our Flag Means Death, also known as the gay pirate show on...
Arts
Book examines role of racial justice work in progressive policy changes
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign urban planning professor Marc Doussard and his co-author, Portland State University urban studies and planning professor Greg Schrock, examine grassroots organizing efforts in six cities, including Chicago, in “Justice at Work: The Rise of Economic and Racial Justice Coalitions in Cities.”