OXFORD, MS–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2010.  The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today against a Mississippi High School that has canceled prom rather than let a lesbian high school student attend the prom with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo to the event. In papers filed with the U.S. District[Read More…]

Board members and staff gathered last June for the grand opening of the Park Forest Bark District. (Photo: VOPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Program Supervisor Anna Soloff is hoping to raise a shelter at the Park Forest Bark District. In a letter to Bark District members, Soloff is asking for donations[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Spring Tall Grass Art Film Discussion Series is scheduled to open on Sunday, March 14th at 6:30 p.m. at the Marcus Theatre in Chicago Heights. Fliers and brochures are now available at the Tall Grass Art Gallery and the Marcus Theatre as well as several local[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The South Suburban Earth Science Club will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 9th, 7:30 p.m. at Freedom Hall, Park Forest, IL. Guests and members are encouraged to bring rocks, fossils and minerals for identification and share any travels or hunts they taken part in. The[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2010.  Senator Roland W. Burris unveiled sweeping legislation on March 3rd with five of his Senate colleagues to repeal the seventeen-year old, discriminatory policy banning gays and lesbians from serving openly in the United States military. Senator Burris, a member of both the Senate Armed Services Committee[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– More than 61 million people nationwide generously donate their time and talents to their communities. Prairie State College is seeking nominations for those volunteers living in the college’s district for two community services awards: one award to honor a community member and another to honor a PSC[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 March 2010 – Two independent United Nations experts today urged the leaders and Government of Uganda to prevent an anti-homosexuality bill currently before Parliament from becoming law, stressing that it would be in breach of fundamental freedoms and human rights. “The bill would not only violate the fundamental[Read More…]

Baltimore, MD–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2010.  Equality Maryland and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland applauded an opinion released today by the Office of Attorney General Doug Gansler that states that marriages of same-gender couples validly entered into in other jurisdictions may and should be honored here at home. The Attorney[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Center on Halsted presents actOUT with Silk Road Theatre Project; an intimate conversation with OUT playwright and Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and OUT stage director Steve Scott, discussing their World Premiere "The DNA Trail" A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, and Utter Confusion. Tuesday, March 16, 7pm-8:30pm[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Congressman Mike Quigley announced on Tuesday, February 16, that SAGE Center on Halsted (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders) is to receive a grant from Health and Human Services. This one-year, $475,000 grant will fund special projects designed to enhance the lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender[Read More…]