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.

BY: COLIN MURPHY - SENIOR WRITER

    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.

    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.
 

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

    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.

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.

    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).