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Vital VOICE Magazine - March 2010

Inside The March Issue

NOH8 Project StL - Publisher's Letter

“Sauce Magazine” Co-Founder Catherine Neville Sells Publication Interest to Business Partner Allyson Mace

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    ST. LOUIS - Catherine Neville, co-founder of Sauce Magazine, has sold her interest in the publication to business partner Allyson Mace. The March 1 announcement states that Neville will leave the publication and its related brand products, effective immediately.

Average: 3.8 (16 votes)

Coco Montrese Crowned Miss Gay America 2010, Feb. 27 at StL Grey Fox

 

BY: COLIN MURPHY - SENIOR WRITER

Average: 4.9 (25 votes)

Illinois Human Rights Law Under Attack

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    SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Illinois State Senate is considering a bill (SB3447) to roll back some protections of the Illinois Human Rights Act, which currently prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

    The bill would carve out exceptions to the Act, allowing certain employers and tax-exempt organizations to discriminate against Illinoisans on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.

Average: 4.7 (15 votes)

Leaders of Military Service Branches Voice Support for Mullen/Gates Approach to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repeal

Lt. Dan Choi at 2009 National Equality March [Photo By: COLIN MURPHY]

    WASHINGTON – The highest-ranking leaders of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines appeared before Congress this week and testified in support of the strategy to repeal the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law that was laid out by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
 

Average: 5 (17 votes)

Publisher's VOICE - March 2010

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Dear Friends,

    Welcome to the NOH8 Issue of Vital VOICE Magazine. We are so proud to be a media sponsor for the upcoming NOH8 Project St. Louis whose gallery exposition will take place April 8 – 9 at the Duane Reed Gallery in the heart of the fabulous CWE.

Average: 5 (15 votes)

NOH8 Project StL—Uniting Community Through Art

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BY: COLIN MURPHY - SENIOR WRITER

    The NOH8 Campaign is now a phenomenon. In little under a year’s time the photographic silent protest created by photographer Adam Bouska and partner Jeff Parshley in response to the passage of California’s Proposition 8, which stripped Golden State same sex couples of their right to marry, has taken the nation—nay the world, by storm.

Average: 4.9 (32 votes)

PROshop: Following the Road to Success

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BY: AMANDA WICHERN

    Dorothy said it best when she sang to follow the yellow brick road. The five business professionals featured have done just that with the accomplishment of their careers through the LGBT community. Vital VOICE Magazine is awarding these individuals throughout the St. Louis area into our PROshop.

Average: 4.8 (18 votes)

LIVE/CREATE: Frances Glenn Photography—Capturing the Art of the Illusion

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BY: COLIN MURPHY - SENIOR WRITER

"Our greatest reward is when one of these individuals will call us in tears and thank us for making them beaufiful. It's really a pleasure because it's something that people need to see; they need to see themselves that way."

Average: 4.8 (18 votes)

DATE PLACE: Lola Offers a Bit of Everything

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BY: AMANDA WICHERN

    Imagine for a moment you are being whisked away by that special someone to a place with the sweet southern French feel of New Orleans, blended with the chic, yet alluring surroundings of Los Angeles. The mood lighting is just low enough to see the twinkle in your date's eyes when they look at you from across the table. It's the hot new date place you have been waiting for.

Average: 5 (15 votes)

Pink is the New Green: Corporate America Courts The Dominating Spending Power Of The LGBT Community

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BY: PAMELA RAYMOND

    As the economy shakes from dramatic dips and turns, businesses are taking a pointed look at its advertising budgets and seeking ways to maximize its effectiveness to those still willing to spend their hard earned dollars. This leads companies to start thinking about how it “speaks” to its best consumers or how to cultivate new awareness amongst the general consumer pool.

Average: 5 (15 votes)

Non Profit of the Month: River City Professionals

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    River City Professionals are the young entrepreneurs and fresh thinkers of St. Louis. We exchange ideas and leads, form partnerships and friendships, vent and tell stories. Most importantly, we enjoy experiencing the people and places of St. Louis.

Average: 5 (16 votes)

Parson No Words: Estelle Parsons on "August: Osage County," Her Iconic Gay Roles and More

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BY: COLIN MURPHY – SENIOR WRITER

    The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning, August: Osage County makes its debut at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, March 2-14 and the buzz over Broadway's hottest play is palpable.

Average: 5 (26 votes)

Posturing, Puffery and Pomposity - Oh My!

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    ST. LOUIS - In his weekly newsletter, PROMO Executive Director, A.J. Bockelman states that Jefferson City is full of posturing, puffery, and pomposity.

    "You can tell the 2010 election cycle is just around the corner," said Bockelman. "Because several of our elected officials are positioning themselves as pious guards of the status quo."

    On Tuesday, the Missouri Senate Rules Committee took up a resolution for keeping the US military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT).

Average: 4.8 (20 votes)
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