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CHICAGO, Ill.– Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Wed. joined 12 other attorneys general throughout the U.S. in support of the Obama Administration’s policies that advance the equal treatment and protection of transgender Americans in workplaces and schools, a move...

U.S. District Court Judge Staci Yandle to honor recipients CHICAGO – Forty Illinois law firms that lead the way in providing a welcoming and fair work environment for LGBT employees and engaging with the LGBT community are being recognized...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Over 3,000 political activists, including myriad LGBTQIA+ and progressive leaders will descend on St. Louis this week for the 11th annual Netroots Nation. The Gateway City will play host to the nation's largest progressive conference for...

CHICAGO, Ill.– Of the many personal, medical and legal challenges faced by transgender Illinoisans, Equality Illinois, The John Marshall Law School and the Seyfarth Shaw law firm are teaming up to try to make the legal issues a little easier...

ST. LOUIS - Rainbow lighting will return to The Civil Courts building downtown at dusk tonight for the fourth year in a row for St. Louis PrideFest 2016. The lighting will also honor the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Mayor Francis G. Slay and members of the St. Louis transgender community raised the transgender pride flag in front of St. Louis City Hall on Monday morning. "This is really important to me as mayor...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Approximately 3,000 LGBT and ally community members descended on the Grove neighborhood in St. Louis Sunday night for a candlelight march and vigil in solidarity with the victims, families and loved ones of last night's massacre...

Equality Illinois and PROMO, Illinois and Missouri's statewide LGBT advocacy organizations, issued the following statements yesterday in response to the massacre at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando: "Our hearts ache with the news of the tragedy in Orlando this...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Crime Victim Advocacy Center (CVAC) extends its deepest condolences and sympathies to everyone who lost friends or family members in the Pulse Nightclub shootings in Orlando, Florida. Further, CVAC offers its support and sympathy to all...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Early yesterday morning, we received word of the terrible tragedy that occurred at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The latest available information states that this is the single largest shooting in U.S. history, with fifty...

In the largest mass shooting in U.S. history, 49 people were killed and another 53 were injured during an early morning attack by a gunman at Pulse, a popular LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The St. Louis LGBTQIA+ community will...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - PROMO, Missouri's statewide LGBT advocacy organization, has launched Show-Me YOU, an LGBT health and wellness questionnaire for LGBT Missourians. Tuesday's launch kicks off the largest LGBT questionnaire to be distributed in the Show Me State, with...

COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Columbia Police Department has appointed Officer Clinton Sinclair as its first LGBT Liaison, KOMU reports. CPD said they created the position because they want to bridge gaps between the department and members of the LGBT community. Sinclair,...

CHICAGO, Ill. – U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, chief House sponsor of the Equality Act, will be the keynote speaker at EqualityCon 2016, a two-day convention of LGBT champions, progressive advocates, allies, policy experts, political leaders and community groups hosted by...

PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. - A St. Robert Missouri City Councilman has published a series of anti-LGBT posts on Facebook in opposition to the upcoming "drag-a-palooza" event at the St. Robert Community Center scheduled for Saturday, June 25. The drag show...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, announced that Tyrell Manning of Williams & Associates, Inc. has been selected as one...

CHICAGO, Ill. – EqualityCon 2016, a two-day conference of LGBT champions, progressive advocates, allies, policy experts, political leaders and community groups hosted by Equality Illinois, convenes in Chicago this month to focus on issues important to lesbian, gay, bisexual and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite the overwhelming public consensus, including from over 500 editorial boards in 49 states, that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland deserves a fair hearing and an up-or-down vote this year, Senator Blunt and fellow Republicans still...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Moments ago, Senate Joint Resolution 39 failed to pass the House Emerging Issues Committee by a 6-6 vote effectively killing the religious freedom legislation.The bill would have asked voters to amend Missouri’s constitution to protect certain...

There's been one frustrating delay after another in the House Emerging Issues Committee on deciding the fate of Senate Joint Resolution 39. The bill would ask voters to amend Missouri’s constitution to protect certain individuals and businesses who cite religious...