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Gimme Shelter – A Night to END Homelessness in Peoria
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PEORIA — Phoenix Community Development Services will be hosting a Gimme Shelter event on Friday, March 6, in Peoria.
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Springfield mourns for student LGBTQ activist
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SPRINGFIELD — Alex McCray, who has been working as an activist since his teens, died last week.
The State Journal-Register of Springfield reported on Monday that the 22-year-old had been majoring in social work at Fontbonne University in St. Louis. The newspaper said the transgender man had been at the forefront of a bathroom access battle at Williamsville High School several years ago.
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Lighthouse Foundation Caucus Meetings on Dec. 18 in Chicago
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CHICAGO — The Lighthouse Foundation will be holding its next caucus meeting at the Lighthouse Church of Chicago UCC on Wednesday, Dec. 18.
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Evansville school board member says ‘cry me a river’ over LGBTQ youth suicide
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EVANSVILLE — A school board member was caught on video saying “cry me a river” to local activists who’d confronted the board about the needs of transgender students.
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Rainbow Railroad launches ‘Help Others Out’ campaign
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TORONTO — Rainbow Railroad, an organization devoted to LGBTQ people in danger find legal pathways to safety, launched the #HelpOthersOut campaign last week.
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Lambda Legal hires GLSEN founder as CEO
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NEW YORK — Legal advocacy group Lambda Legal announced this week they have hired GLSEN founder Kevin Jennings as the new CEO.
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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.
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Activists halt U.S. Conference on AIDS to protest CDC
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WASHINGTON — Dr. Robert Redfield, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surely saw it coming.
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ICE Accompaniment Program Training in St. Louis on Aug. 21
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ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Interfaith Committee on Latin America and the Central Reform Congregation are hosting a ICE accompaniment training session on Wednesday, Aug. 21.