Chicago–(ENEWSPF)– Equality Illinois is happy to announce the introduction in the Illinois State Senate of the bill to legalize marriage between two adults of the same sex. The bill was introduced today by State Senator Heather Steans. "This is not an issue of sacred versus secular – there are plenty[Read More…]

The Illinois Theatre Center. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Illinois Theatre Center of Park Forest opened its 34th season Friday as the only professional Equity theatre in the South Suburbs. The opening production is the Holocaust drama A Shayna Maidel by Barbara Lebow. The production runs through October 11.[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2009.  On September 27, our nation will observe National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NGMHAAD).  This is a day for us to reflect on the devastating impact that HIV and AIDS have had among gay and bisexual men, to recognize that HIV continues to affect this community[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2009.  The House Education and Labor Committee heard testimony today on H.R. 3017, a bill that would finally end workplace discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. There is also a version of that bill, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), pending in the Senate. Currently, it remains[Read More…]

MADISON, WI–(ENEWSPF)–September 22, 2009.  The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion before the Wisconsin Supreme Court today on behalf of five same-sex couples asking that the couples be allowed to participate in a lawsuit that will decide whether the state’s newly enacted domestic partner law violates Wisconsin’s anti-gay marriage[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–September 21, 2009.  The Chaos and Confusion of Cardiac Drugs (Clarifying by Classifying) is the topic of the eighth annual Park Forest Nurses Club Seminar to be held on Saturday, October 3 from 9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the Oak Lawn Hilton Hotel, 9333 S. Cicero Avenue,[Read More…]

NASHVILLE–(ENEWSPF)–September 21, 2009.  A three-judge panel of the Tennessee Court of Appeals has unanimously ordered a trial court to reconsider a ban preventing a divorced mom from having her partner of 10 years and her own children stay overnight at her home at the same time. The trial court had[Read More…]

St. Ann Catholic Church. (Photo: Park Forest Historical Society) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Sunday September 20, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. in the Park Forest Village Hall Board Meeting Room, the Park Forest Historical Society will hold a brief Annual Meeting for its membership followed by discussion of an intriguing project. The[Read More…]