CHICAGO — Women’s March Chicago (WMC) announced last month that its upcoming March to the Polls 10.13.18 will include new features designed to expand the reach and depth of its previous marches. “The stakes are sky-high this November,” said WMC board president Jessica Scheller, during a press conference outside Grant Park, where the march/rally will…
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Chicagoland
National Coming Out Day celebration in Buffalo Grove
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BUFFALO GROVE — The Pinta Pride Project in Buffalo Grove will have a National Coming Out Day celebration on Oct. 11. From their event page: Join us at the Community Arts Center to celebrate National Coming Out Day 2018! Get your rainbow on as we view “Love, Simon” in the beautiful, new multi-purpose room of…
Chicagoland
Lakeside Pride’s “Love and Marriage” on Oct. 13
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CHICAGO — Lakeside Pride Music Ensemble will hold a concert with the theme of marriage at the Center on Halstead on Oct. 13, presented by WDCB-FM. From the Facebook event: Save the date! Lakeside Pride is celebrating the joys of wedded bliss for people of all genders and you’re invited. “Love and Marriage” features musical…
National
Majority of Americans support federal nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people
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NEW YORK –– Seventy percent of all Americans say that a federal law is needed to protect LGBT people from discrimination in employment, public accommodations, housing and credit, according to a new survey conducted by The Harris Poll®. This reflects a slight increase from 2016, when a similar Out & Equal commissioned Harris Poll survey…
Statewide
Spreading the word about PrEP in the Prairie State
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By Matt Simonette SPRINGFIELD — Jeffery Erdman and Michael Maginn, both officials with the Illinois Public Health Association (IPHA), are working hard to make sure that providers, advocates and community members across the entirety of Illinois know about PrEP resources. Erdman, IPHA’s assistant director for programs and compliance, said that the PrEP intervention had been…
Regional
Minnesota issues one of the first non-binary drivers licenses
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MEDICINE LAKE, Minn. — Minnesota has become one of the first states to issue a license with the gender marked non-binary, and the first in the Midwest. FOX9 in Minneapolis reported on Monday that the state’s issued the license to Minnesota J. Zappa, who identifies as both male and female. The TV station also used…
Central Illinois
Prairie Pride Coalition installs LGBTQ book display at Bloomington Public Library
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BLOOMINGTON — The Prairie Pride Coalition (PPC) put together a display at the Bloomington Public Library on Monday for the month of October. The group said that this year’s display highlights the LGBTQ books that are often banned or challenged at local library. All of the books PPC listed, however, are available at the Bloomington…
Central Illinois
HomeComingOUT at Heartland Community College
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NORMAL — The Heartland Activities Committee, Pride and Student Library Advisory Community will be hosting a HomeComingOUT dance on Oct. 13 at Heartland Community College Cafe. From the Facebook event: Come join Heartland Activities Committee, Pride and Student Library Advisory Committee on its first annual HomeComingOUT Dance at Heartland Community College! This event is open…
National
U.S. State Department to deny visas to same-sex partners of diplomats
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WASHINGTON — The current administration started denying visas to the same-sex partners of visiting diplomats and UN employees on Monday, several media outlets reported. Foreign Policy reported that the Trump administration is requiring those already in the United States to get married by the end of the year or leave the country. From Foreign Policy:…
National
Federal court rules N.C. law doesn’t bar transgender people from public facilities
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A federal court last night said that House Bill 142, the 2017 law that replaced North Carolina’s notorious anti-LGBT measure, House Bill 2, does not bar transgender people from using public restrooms and other facilities that match their gender identity. U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder also said that he would allow a…
