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|  | The Amazon Trail Covid 19 Pioneer 2021-02-13 - Now that President Biden and Vice President Harris are in office, I've been able to have my first Covid 19 vaccine shot. It was no big deal. I went to our county fairgrounds expecting to be injected through my car window, ...
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|  | GLAAD: Senators vote against response to riot but introduce anti-trans bill 2021-02-10 --From a press release - Five of the eight senators objecting to Electoral College votes and voting against the second Trump impeachment trial have cosponsored a new bill targeting transgender youth, adding to history of anti-LGBTQ votes and views GLAAD: "More ...
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|  | LETTER Federal anti-discrimination protection? Inevitable 2021-02-06 - =The astute can predict the future—with more than a modicum of confidence—by examining history. Nate Silver did this last year at fivethirtyeight.com, as did Vegas oddsmakers, in predicting the victory of President Joe Biden over der ...
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|  | OP-ED Gorman's inauguration poem has Black women talking 2021-01-26 - Amanda Gorman mesmerized a nation with her inauguration poem "The Hill We Climb." The beauty of her presence and the power of her words captured a country battle-scarred and looking for a lifeline. "After four years ...
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|  | Letter: Greed overrides common sense
2021-01-25 - Jeffrey Sanker, founder of the White Party concept decades ago, is now at the center of brewing online civil war in the gay community. It was reported by some online LGBTQ media news outlets such as ...
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|  | LETTER: Unnecessary legislation 2021-01-19 - To the Editor: At a time when Illinois lawmakers should be supporting healthcare heroes who are working tirelessly during the COVID-19 pandemic, we instead receive unwelcome new legislation that will drive up the costs of practicing ...
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|  | OP-ED: New Year's Eve circuit parties go on despite COVID-19 travel concerns 2021-01-08 - This past New Year's Eve, thousands of gay men flocked to Mexico to attend a New Year's eve "White Party" hosted by long time party promoter Jeffrey Sanker—the host of the annual white party in Palm ...
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|  | OPINION Where do we go from here (redux)? 2020-12-28 - The year 2020 has been a stressful one. With George Floyd's death as an inflection point about race and racism in America, an unprecedented presidential election and social unrest during an ongoing pandemic with a rising ...
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|  | VIEWS Taking care of your mental health during a COVID holiday season 2020-11-26 By Adam Ouanes - This holiday season is unlike any before, and it leaves many people feeling unsure about how to get into the holiday spirit. It's not unusual for many people to find this time of year overwhelming, but ...
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|  | The Amazon Trail: Rats fleeing a sinking ship 2020-11-14 - I've heard the idiom "like rats fleeing a sinking ship" often lately, and while the metaphor is apt for what's going on in the United States, at our house it's even more befitting. Merriam Webster notes, ...
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|  | VIEWPOINT Harris stands on shoulders of giants 2020-11-09 - The struggle to get President-elect Joe Biden to the finish line first with 270 electoral college votes was unquestionably an epic battle. However, Biden's battle wasn't a century-long one like women finally winning the right to ...
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|  | Lilly Wachowski: Refuse Fascism, at the Ballot Box and in the Street
2020-11-02 Video below - In a rare, public and political statement, filmmaker Lilly Wachowski (co-creator of The Matrix trilogy, V for Vendetta, Sense8) published this personal essay on the literary website, LitHub.com, calling on people to "Refuse Fascism, at the ...
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|  | VIEWPOINT Is Pope Francis' support of civil unions just lip service? 2020-10-29 - Pope Francis has expressed support for civil unions in the Catholic Church. Once again, the pontiff has sent shockwaves across the globe to 1.3 billion of his followers with another LGBTQ- affirming statement. However, this one ...
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|  | LETTER Thank you, Pope Francis 2020-10-22 - I never thought I would live to see the day when a pope would endorse civil rights for LGBTQ couples. Praise God for His Grace. Also, the many Roman Catholic individuals and organizations who worked so ...
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|  | LETTER TO THE EDITOR Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett
2020-10-22 - Women-Church Convergence, a coalition of Catholic-rooted organizations including DignityUSA, deplores the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. We have serious concerns about the judgment of any nominee ...
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