The “Dance to Vote” Campaign Raises Public Awareness on the Themes of Voting and Civic Engagement   The Dance the Vote campaign, featuring t...

CHICAGO, Ill.—The Equality Illinois PAC is proud to endorse Secretary of State Jesse White, State Comptroller Susana Mendoza, and State Treasurer M...

Statement by Brian C. Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, the state’s civil rights organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (...

The Nov. 6, 2018 Midterm Election is one of the most important of its kind in generations and the LGBTQ+ vote is crucial! The deadline to register ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - PROMO PAC, Missouri's statewide organization advocating for LGBTQ equality through the electoral process, has announced its endors...

CHICAGO, Ill.—The Equality Illinois PAC is proud that an unprecedented number of candidates sought endorsement in the March 2018 Illinois primary e...

JEFFERSON CITy, Mo. -- Missouri’s legislative session began, Jan. 3, with four anti-LGBT bills pre-filed in December. Three pro-equality bills have...

CHICAGO, Ill. - The “Illinois LGBTQ Forum: The Democratic Candidates for Governor" was held at the Second Presbyterian Church in Chicago on Dec. 6t...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The six finalists in consideration to be named the next police commissioner of the City of St. Louis appeared at a town hall, on T...

Livestream watch events set in Carbondale, Metro East, Normal, Peoria, Quad Cities, and Springfield   CHICAGO, Ill. – The statewide civic po...

CHICAGO Ill. – Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Illinoisans will have an opportunity to hear directly from the Democratic candidates ...

St. Louis LGBTQIA+ voters had a chance to engage with several of the 2017 mayoral candidates at a Town Hall focusing on LGBTQIA+, education and com...

St. Louis LGBTQIA+ voters will get a chance to engage with several of the 2017 mayoral candidates at a Town Hall focusing on LGBTQIA+, education an...

Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, anno...

WASHINGTON, DC - Today the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organizati...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - PROMO PAC, Missouri’s statewide organization advocating for LGBT equality through the electoral process, has endorsed Attorne...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander has traveled to every Show Me State county over the past year in his effort to unseat Rep...

CHICAGO, Ill. - The Equality Illinois PAC (EI PAC) is endorsing 51 candidates, including Susana Mendoza for Illinois State Comptroller and state le...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Following a meeting yesterday with Missouri delegates supporting Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders at the Democratic N...

PROMO PAC, Missouri's statewide organization advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality through the electoral process, ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The St. Louis arts’ community has teamed up to promote voter awareness and registration through the premiere of “Dance the Vote” c...

WASHINGTON, DC – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) surprised many LGBT politicos with its endorsement last week of Republican U.S. Senator Mark Kirk ...

Chelsea Clinton doesn't grant many interviews, so when you're offered two on the record questions and a photo op with the former first daughter you...

ST. LOUIS, MO. - U.S. Democratic Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, brought his grassroots presidential campaign to the "Show Me State"  on...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton made a final swing through our area on Saturday ahead of Tuesday's cruc...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Bubba! The Big Dog! #42! Former Democratic president William Jefferson Clinton was in town on Tuesday evening at District 9 Machin...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders brought his grassroots presidential campaign to the Metro East on Friday packing the Vadalabene Ce...

CHICAGO, Ill. – The Equality Illinois Political Action Committee (EQIL PAC) will host a reception with former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on Januar...

A candidate for Missouri attorney general wrote to state legislative leaders urging them to pass exemptions for ministers, churches and businesses ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton rallied her St. Louis base on Dec. 11 at The International Association...

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, the only declared Democrat running for governor, launched a social media campaign on Monday calling for the...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri Alliance for Freedom announced today that they have secured two state senators to support legislation expanding ...

This week PROMO announced the departure of longtime Executive Director A.J. Bockelman who will be stepping down on Oct. 16 after 8 years at the hel...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Democratic Party (MDP) announced this week U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) will be featured as the keynote sp...

Missouri State Senator and gubernatorial hopeful Bob Dixon said this week that childhood abuse and "teenage confusion" led him to live as a gay man...

  Hillary Rodham Clinton made her first stops in Missouri as a 2016 presidential candidate yesterday, including attending a forum at the Ch...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri House Speaker John Diehl announced today he will resign his office and seat in the legislature following a story pub...

  JEFFERSON CITY - Over 100 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and allied advocates participated in PROMO's annual Equality Day at ...

  SPRINGFIELD, IL  – Equality Illinois' LGBT Advocacy Day was held today in the State Capitol as partner organizations and citizens fr...

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality will descend on the Illinois state capitol, Apri...

  JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri's annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Equality Day - hosted by PROMO, the state's LGBT advocac...

   On Wednesday,  April 22, PROMO's annual Equality Day in Jefferson City takes place where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgen...

Former Missouri House Speaker and Republican candidate for governor Catherine Hanaway says that a liberal culture of “sexual permissiveness” is res...

  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo - A new bill proposed by a Missouri lawmaker would allow Christian groups to discriminate on the basis of sexual orien...

In a mid-term electoral rout, Republicans easily wrested control of the U.S. Senate from Democrats, Tuesday night. G.O.P. candidates also increased...

CHICAGO, IL – The Equality Illinois Political Action Committee ( Equality Illinois PAC ) has endorsed the re-election of Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan, S...

ST. LOUIS – PROMO PAC is excited to present the list of pro-equality candidates for the Missouri General Election on Tuesday, November 4. Be sure t...

Missouri State Rep. Jill Scupp (D-82)   While this year’s election is lacking in any high profile statewide races, one of the marquee matc...

Missouri State Rep. Mike Colona (D-80)   Eying his last campaign for the Missouri House before being term-limited out, Mike Colona is pois...

Tracy McCreery   Tracy McCreery is no stranger to the LGBT equality movement here in Missouri. The community activist has worked closely w...

Missouri State Rep. Stacey Newman (D-87)   State Representative Stacey Newman has proven a passionate and progressive voice throughout the...

  SPRINGFIELD, IL - Today was Governor's Day at the Illinois State Fair as Pat Quinn joined a host of Democratic Candidates in greeting ove...

  LGBT voters from across Missouri exercised their constitutional voice in pulling the lever for a slate of candidates and ballot initiativ...

  CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) today issued guidance clarifying that under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Illino...

  PROMO PAC, Missouri's statewide organization advocating for LGBT equality through the electoral process, announced the list of pro-equali...

  ST. LOUIS, MO – County Councilwoman Hazel Erby has come under scrutiny recently as she balances her reelection campaign, which relies hea...

  CHICAGO, IL – With Marriage Equality comes same-sex divorce. Deborah Mell, out Chicago City Councilwoman (D- 33rd Ward) and former Illino...

  ST. LOUIS - A fundraising brunch was held in support of gubernatorial hopeful and Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster at the home of F...

Eric Thorsland    Eric Thorsland knows he’s in a tough race to unseat longtime U.S. Rep. John Shimkus in Congress to represent Illino...

  ST. LOUIS – State Rep. Mike Colona (D-St. Louis) kicked off his final reelection campaign to represent Missouri’s 80th district at Friend...

  The Missouri Democratic Party’s (MDP) annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner served up a series of speeches to rally their base on June 7 at the...

 Illinois Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon   Ending months of speculation, Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila Simon announced last summer that she wou...

  She’s a proud mother and Democrat, a former Chief Judge of Madison County and running for Congress in Illinois’ 13th congressional distri...

  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri state lawmaker has introduced legislation to repeal the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage....

   ST. LOUIS - Ready for Hillary PAC - STL Kicked officially off with an organizing party held at John D. McGurk’s in Soulard, March 2...