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.”
MetroEast
Planned Parenthood opens huge new clinic in MetroEast
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FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS — Planned Parenthood this week unveiled an 18,000-square-foot clinic they built almost in secret.
MetroEast
Sixth annual Transgender Spectrum Conference in St. Louis
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ST. LOUIS — Washington University in St. Louis, Metro Trans Umbrella Group and TransParent will be the hosts of the sixth annual Transgender Spectrum Conference in St. Louis in November.
activism
Rally for Trans Workers on Oct. 13 in St. Louis
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ST. LOUIS — The Rainbow Workers Alliance will be holding rally for transgender workers in October in advance of the U.S. Supreme Court hearing a case about transgender discrimination in the workplace.
MetroEast
Planned protest against STL Drag Queen Storytime is getting dragged
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ST. LOUIS — The Riverfront Times in St. Louis has found out that there is a protest coming for an upcoming Drag Queen Storytime event. The newspaper said that a Facebook event post titled “Protest Against Schlafly Library’s Drag Queen Storytime”, organizers are asking protesters to “Come in your most patriotic gear and help us hand out brochures with information about children with gender dysphoria.”
As the Times noted, it’s not going well for the organizers. Here’s some of the top comments we saw.
Eastern Illinois
Log Cabin Republican to run for Shimkus’s seat
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MATTOON — A member of the Illinois chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans has announced that he is running for the 15th Congressional District in Illinois.
Collinsville
GOP U.S. Rep. John Shimkus not running for re-election
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COLLINSVILLE — U.S. Rep. John Shimkus (R-Collinsville) announced Friday that he won’t be running for election in 2020.
community
MTUG to host ‘Thirst for Life’ at The Monocle
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ST. LOUIS — The Metro Trans Umbrella Group will be hosting “Thirst for Life” at The Monocle on Thursday, Aug. 29.