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30
Oct

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Federal Court Blocks President Trump’s Transgender Military Ban

U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote in a 76 page memo today that the Trump Administration was barred from changing the government policy (previously set by President Obama) that transgender people are allowed to serve openly in the military. ...

25
Oct

Written By Steph Perkins
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Missouri Western Court of Appeals Ruling Step Forward for Protecting LGBT People

In an historic decision on Tuesday, October 24, 2017, a Missouri Court of Appeals Western District three-judge panel (Karen King Mitchell, Presiding Judge, Gary D. Witt, Judge, Anthony Rex Gabbert, Judge) ruled that workplace discrimination on the basis of sex-stereotyping — conforming to ...

20
Oct

Written By Katie Stuckenschneider
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Three Missouri Cities Receive Perfect Municipal Equality Scores

A report on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality in America’s cities by the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, rated 506 cities across the nation, including eight cities in Missouri. The 2017 Municipal Equality ...

6
Oct

Written By PROMO
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Department of Justice Issues Sweeping License to Discriminate Against LGBT People

In response PROMO calls on Missouri’s legisture to pass the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act in 2018. Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidance to administrative agencies and executive departments focusing on religious freedom. This guidance is a license to discriminate ...

27
Sep

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ADL and PROMO Express Deep Concern With Murder of Transgender Missouri Teen

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and PROMO, Missouri’s Statewide LGBT advocacy organization, today expressed deep concern regarding the murder of Ally Lee Steinfeld. Both PROMO and ADL are urging the Prosecuting Attorney’s office to look into the possibility of ...

12
Sep

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Missouri’s Veto Session Is This Week

Missouri's veto session is September 13. The focus this veto session is set to be on low income nursing housing. Tell legislators to save health care for seniors and to overturn the veto of HCB 3! Curious as to what veto session ...

5
Sep

Written By Elizabeth Fuchs
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Discriminatory Senate Bill 43 Is Now The Law

Get the facts about Senate Bill 43: What is SB 43? SB 43 is a bill that was signed into law on June 30, 2017 and went into effect on August 28, 2017. This bill, introduced in the 2017 Legislative session by Senator Gary Romine, was signed into ...

24
Aug

Written By PROMO
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Transgender Military Policy Could Be Implemented in 6 Months

A new transgender military policy from the White House will be issued to the Defense Department soon as first reported by the Wall Street Journal. We first heard about the possible policy through a Twitter storm from President Trump. The ...

16
Aug

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Hate Groups in the United States

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center there are 917 hate groups operating in the United States. Over 50 of those are in the St. Louis area. Check out the map from Southern Poverty Law Center below. Wondering what you can do ...

3
Aug

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Pi Pizzeria “United in Goodness” – Supporting PROMO, International Institute

Pi Pizzeria today announces a new effort to support and celebrate diversity and Goodness that bring us together in our communities. United in Goodness is a company-wide initiative in which fifteen percent of sales of new internationally-inspired pizzas will be ...
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