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By, For & About the St. Louis LGBT Community
NOM blocks NOMTourTracker.com from St. Louis event (but not FOX News) [Prop8TrialTracker]
Aug 6th
From Prop8TrailTracker.com: We’re in the St. Louis area today, the “Gateway to the West” (specifically, the event is in Clayton). It’s an evening NOM event, and we came expecting a doozy given yesterday’s news.
So far, 118 equality activists are lining the streets in front of the county courthouse and cheering at each honking car that passes.
Showmenohate, a local grassroots organization that formed two years ago in response to the passage of Prop 8 led the mobilization effort in partnership with PROMO, a statewide LGBT equality organization in Missouri, is here.
Gay Marriage Foes Pick a Great Time to Visit St. Louis [RFT]
Aug 6th
From the RFT Blog: Tonight, St. Louis gets a long-scheduled visit from the National Organization for Marriage — the anti-gay marriage folks behind this much-parodied gem, the famously and hilariously fear-mongering “Gathering Storm” YouTube clip.
But thanks to a federal district judge in California, the planned counter-protest by local LGBT folks has taken a celebratory turn. Grassroots lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy groups Show Me No Hate, PROMO and Faith Aloud had already been planning to demonstrate in favor of same-sex marriage at the event.
Now, their rally is going to be more than just a counter-protest — it’s a party.
Judge strikes down California’s ban on same-sex marriage [CNN]
Aug 4th
From CNN.com: A federal judge in California on Wednesday overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, saying the voter-approved rule violates the constitutional rights of gays and lesbians.
The 136-page decision, issued by Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco, is an initial step in what will likely be a lengthy legal fight over California’s Proposition 8, which defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
Bar 5 Closed & New Nancy’s Place Owners
Aug 3rd
Today while catching up on Facebook, I saw that Bar 5 is closed and that Nancy’s Place will be under new management. (Note: The second post requires one to be logged into Facebook.)
Many thanks goes to the Nancy Novak and the many staff members who worked at both locations for the past year plus. Looking forward to seeing the new opportunities for Nancy’s Place.
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Prop C & Gay Community: Vote No!
Jul 31st
Coming up on August 3rd, is a vote on Prop C – “Missouri Health Care Freedom”. I would encourage everyone one of you to vote NO.
Why does an LGBT website care about how someone votes on a proposition which doesn’t directly involve the gay community at all?
Here’s why. Prop C will allow Missouri to “opt out” and ignore the upcoming Federal Health Care plans which were to start on August 4th.
But here’s the problem… Missouri does not recognize domestic partners. And as such, many people who are depending on this coverage would be left out in the cold. I’ll give you my story…
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Discharged soldier will continue fight against ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ [CNN]
Jul 26th
From CNN.com: A former Army lieutenant who was discharged from service last week for being openly gay said Sunday that he will continue to fight for a quick repeal of the controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
“I know that there are a lot of people who are suffering, and my oath, my commitment to them, doesn’t end,” former Lt. Dan Choi told CNN’s Don Lemon.
Choi was arrested in March for handcuffing himself to a White House fence in protest of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which bars people who are openly gay or lesbian from serving in the military.
FAQ: Why the new website?
Jul 25th
Gaystlouis.com goes through a change every few years.
As the website has evolved, it has gone through transformations.
Keep in mind, it *IS* a thirteen year old website. It is older than Google. It is older than many kinds entering high school.
The early days, the website was a simple TEXT webdesign, handed coded by myself. Eventually I learned to write a few minor CGI scripts to handle things like Server Side Includes, so we could do things like online surveys, or allow people to sign up for our mailing list, hosted over on Queernet.org.
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LGBT Aging Addressed at National Conference Held Here [Vital Voice]
Jul 23rd
From the Vital Voice: ST. LOUIS, MO – The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) gathered in St. Louis for their annual conference over the July 17 weekend where lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) aging took center stage, Saturday afternoon.
A special pre-conference session, “Coming of Age with LGBT Elders” was presented by a panel of LGBT and aging experts representing SAGE USA and SAGE affiliates from Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis; The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, as well as Area Agency on Aging staff from California, Missouri, Minnesota, and Utah.
Boys, men now can get HPV vaccine [STLToday]
Jul 23rd
From STLToday.com: A vaccine used to prevent a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cancer in women is now available for men.
Human papillomavirus causes most cases of genital warts in men and women and cervical cancer in women. The HPV vaccine prevents against four strains of the virus that cause a majority of the diseases.
The vaccine, Gardasil, has been available to girls for four years and was approved for use in boys last fall. Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region started offering it last month to boys and men ages 9 to 26 at its eight clinics.
30 years with HIV: 3 men reflect [CNN]
Jul 23rd
From CNN.com: June 5, 1981. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its first warning about a rare pneumonia called pneumocystis circulating among a small group of young gay men.
Unrealized at the time, it was the official beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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