PADUCAH – The Paducah LGBT Welcome Center is joining with CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers and the Consortium to celebrate the annual LGBT Center Awareness Day.
Central Illinois
Champaign/Urbana celebrates Pride
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HAMPAIGN/URBANA — The LGBTQ community of Champaign and Urbana celebrated Pride the first weekend of October.
Statewide
State human rights commission restates Illinois law protects trans students
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SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Human Rights Commission has restated that state law protects transgender students in schools.
Chicago
LGBTQ seniors living will presentation at Gerber-Hart on Nov. 1
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CHICAGO — The Gerber-Hart Library and Archives will host a presentation on living wills and power of attorney for LGBTQ seniors on Friday, Nov. 1.
community
PrideSTL to present PrideCenter’s 2nd Annual Fall Festival 2019 on Oct. 19
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ST. LOUIS — PrideSTL will host the PrideCenter’s second Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 19.
Belleville
St. Clair judge facing discipline over accusations he lied about contact with murder suspect
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BELLEVILLE — Beleaguered St. Clair County judge Ronald R. Duebbert on Tuesday told the judicial discipline authority that he misled police about his contact with a murder suspect because he “was petrified.”
Central Illinois
Rainbow Room Grand Opening tomorrow night
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SPRINGFIELD — The Rainbow Room is hosting its grand opening with a celebration and art show on Saturday, Oct. 5.
Chicagoland
Palatine school board to discuss trans locker room access next week
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PALATINE — Township High School District 211’s board will hear from the public about a policy to allow transgender students to use the locker room of their identified gender.
asexuality
ISU professor releases book on asexuality
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NORMAL — Ela Przybylo, an assistant professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies at Illinois State University, has just released a book on asexuality.
Descovy
FDA approves Descovy for PrEP
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WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration approved Descovy for use in (PrEP) on Thursday.