"Thank God I Can Be OverSexed Again" - Tess Farnham

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By: Tess Farnham-MetroEast NEWS 

August 29th, 2011
(BELLEVILLE)

"Thank God I Can Be OverSexed Again"


On Finding a Photo of an Ex-Boyfriend in the Seedy Section
of the Riverfront Times

O Here I sit with rum and raisins
poring over yesterday’s photo

Your skin. Your nipples.
Berry rubbed and airbrushed


"Romance
finis.
Your chance
finis.
Those ants
that invaded my pants
finis."

They’d cropped the top half
of your head
and I traced along your jawline

A blue band of language
barked out your armpit:

Wanna See the Rest of Me?
Dial 555-Guys

Another band higher, this time
fantastic with scat and jazz

"Thank God I can be oversexed again."

I might have known it was poetry
taking off the top of your head

(italicized excerpts are borrowed from Ella Fitzgerald’s recording of“Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”)

Q&A: (SWIC) First Meeting of Semester - AUG 30th

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Q&A: Alliance for Gender and Sexual Diversity (SWIC)
via: Naomi Warner President, Q&A Alliance (SWIC)- 



Our first meeting of the semester will be next week,
Aug 30 at 400pm in room LA 2218

Q&A Alliance is geared towards the students of Southwestern Illinois College but is open to anyone of interest.  This group has become an important advocacy in the MetroEast Region, offering  SafeZone Trainging with the faculty & staff, as well as on campus support to students.   Participants enjoy both outreach opportunities and safe-space for social connection.  For more information the Faculty Advisor is Barbara

barbara.hunter@swic.edu

SmartChoice Center Adds New Web Services

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via SmartChoice Center

August 24,2011
(ST. LOUIS)

SmartChoice Center publishes MetroEast News on Behalf of the Daniel McCree Foundation.
They offer low-cost solutions for all types of web development and digital publishing. Over the past few years they have had a most certain impact on the web presence of the LGBT communities of St. Louis and Metro East regions. In 2011, the co-founder took over the enterprise full-time and has continued to expand the network of websites, and portfolio.

SmartChoice Center began in the fall of 2005, with only a few domains. In 2007, they added www.DanielMcCree.Org, which has become a top traffic-driver recieving more than 70,000 visitors over the past few years. In 2008, the largest project was The Hope and Help Center, which brought together health resources & referrals on behalf of the MCC Church in St. Louis. Also in 2008, BellevillePride.Org went online, as well as several small business owner's websites.

Over the next two years, SmartChoice Center had launched more than a dozen domains from Fishing & Tackle companies to Real Estate Agencies. They provided web services for Metro East Pride (MEPSI) in 2010, and launched social media outreach and support on behalf of large non-profit organizations such as justinePETERSEN and Paducah Pride.

Today SmartChoice Center continues to offer low-cost solutions to many well known brands and organizations essential to the St. Louis area. Visit online to browse the most recent projects, and learn more about services available for the growth of small business and non-profit organizations.

www.SmartChoiceSTL.com

MetroEast News is moving to "The ORG"

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It has been mentioned (casually) a few times, but by morning our move will be complete, we
decided that after all the pride celebrations were wrapped up for 2011, we would move from our primary domain to "THE ORG"

So when you visit us online, we will have a new look, but can be found at www.BellevillePride.Org
as our primary domain.  And may retire the DOT-COM.  Nonetheless you will find the  SAME great content of News, Events and Rants from the "Mouthy Saint" :)

Thanks for everyone's support over the years, and we are looking forward to the coming year!
The 2011 Pride Season, was perhaps the most diverse to date~ And one for the history books.

Congrats to all the pride teams that pulled of pride celebrations of Metro East Pride, Carbondale Pride, and Pride Saint Louis and most recently STL Black Pride!

Our September issue is underway, so look for it in 7 days!
And see us at sunrise and take a gander at our new website~   www.BellevillePride.org

The 2011 Digital Directory has been read by more than 4000 readers~ We LOVE YOU ALL!

Foreclosure Counseling for ILLINOIS Residents (FREE)

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Falling Behind on House Payments?

Justine PETERSEN offers FREE Foreclosure Prevention Counseling for Illinois Residents
 
Contact them to schedule an appointment with a Foreclosure Prevention Counselor
(Illinois Residents Only)
618-570-1865 or email Fredrica Graham at fgraham@justinepetersen.org

Justine PETERSEN assists clients to keep their homes. We offer foreclosure prevention counseling and assist clients to work with their current lender to avoid foreclosure. Justine PETERSEN also assists clients to refinance their mortgage loans, when appropriate.

If you are facing foreclosure - ACT NOW. Delaying action will only make you more likely to lose your home to foreclosure. All Foreclosure Prevention Counseling services are offered free of charge.


NOTE- BellevillePride.Org is NOT associated with the Justine Petersen Organization.  However they are a trusted community partner, and HUD approved non-profit agency.

Star's House of Monology AUGUST 19th

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Star's House of Monology
THANKS to Vital Voice for the excellent coverage of this event!

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SAGE Metro St. Louis Launches New Website

August 8, 2011
MetroEast NEWS
via SMARTCHOICE CENTER

SmartChoice Center announces the launch of a new website for SAGE Metro St. Louis welcome to the family!

Following nearly 4 years of service in the St. Louis region, SAGE of Metro St. Louis has recently updated their website to more closely resemble the growth and future vision of the organization.

SAGE, is a national movement of service and advocacy for LGBT Older Adults, and provides both ongoing events for people of all ages.

Located in the Tower Grove Manor building at Grand & Magnolia, SAGE is a community organization that serves as a regional hub as a SAGEnet affiliate, which began in New York City more than 30 years ago.

The new website can be found at www.SageMetroSTL.org as well as on Facebook. (www.facebook.com/sagemetrostl )

Erica Leigh Foster is Crowned Miss Gay Illiniois America 2011

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August 8, 2011
(ST. LOUIS)

Miss Erica Leigh Foster was crowned Miss Gay Illinois America 2011 this evening at the Casa Loma Ballroom in St. Louis.  Foster is the show director of JP's Showlounge at  Bubby & Sissy's in Alton, Illinois and former Miss Gay Missouri America (MGM) .

Crowned Miss Gay Missouri in 2002, Erica Leigh Foster is known for her inspired and diverse performances and as a country girl at heart. Her performance to the remix of Dolly Parton's "Rocky Top" is a fan favorite.

Her Friday night show was originally at Inside-Out Bar in nearby Granite City, IL. When Inside-Out closed in 2004, it looked like it was the end for "The Erica Leigh Foster Show" until Faces in East Saint Louis closed May 2007.

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Springfield's Smokey's Den by: Colin Murphy

Springfield's Smokey's Den
via VITAL VOICE
“At the start when the police would come into the bar the kids would yell, “switch” because the boys were dancing with boys and then the boys would grab a girl,” she explained. “Then one night they [the police] came in and somebody yelled “switch” and all of the sudden he [the officer] took his nightstick and slid it down to the floor and said, “Carry on kids.” And we did ever since.”

http://www.thevitalvoice.com/lifestyle/51-1-out-of-10/317-springfields-smokeys-den

Springfield's Smokey's Den

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Vital VOICE Omnimedia is St. Louis’ premier lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) informational source for a modern lifestyle