Longtime Bar Owner Tim "Grandma" Craddock Dies

Longtime Bar Owner Tim "Grandma" Craddock Dies
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MetroEast News - FEBRUARY 2012

BellevillePride~ MetroEast News
FEBRUARY 2012 ISSUE

2012 St. Louis ICONS - VITAL VOICE

2012 St. Louis ICONS

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Thoughts From a Mouthy Saint: Following Your Path

BellevillePride/MetroEast NEWS
by: Colby Kluthe
January 24, 2012

I often say that listening is one of those things I find offers the best guidance when it comes to the big decisions in life.  For me that means asking yourself what the path is, and taking time to hear what others say.

Before you really get into this, I must advise you that you may not always like what you hear, but I truly beleive the truth is there if you are willing to work with it.

I always say "Keep Walking", and it most recently reminds me of the guinea pigs in the GEICO commercial.   "ROW!"   and sometimes its just that simple.
In closing...   
Row~

MEPSI Seeks Event Volunteers (Metro East Pride of Southwestern Illinois)

Metro East Pride of Southwestern Illinois (MEPSI) is currently looking for volunteers for upcoming fundraisers and our Pride festival held in June. If you would like to volunteer and support your local LGBT community please contact Metro East Pride through our gmail account at metroeastpride@gmail.com
For more information: www.MetroEastPride.com 

Coming Summer 2012 - ZANDER MANDER: CLUB TALK

Coming Summer 2012 - ZANDER MANDER: CLUB TALK 
by Zander Mander on Tuesday, January 3, 2012

After being approached by three different major television production companies regarding developement of a reality TV show featuring yours truly... I thought, met with them, negotiated and eventually turned them all down. Why? Each of these teams wanted to just produce yet another show that featured all the bullshit that every reality show features. Crass entertainment filled with the shit side of the club world. I wanted to interview performers and everyone else that works within the industry that brings us all the fabtastic shows we see throughout the year at all of our favorite clubs around the country. I wanted to show the POSITIVE side of the club world.  They wanted cat fights and back stabbings.. you know all the usual shit you see on these types of shows.  So I said fuck 'em and have taken the matter in my hands.

This summer will debut the new online show Zander Mander : Club Talk. In each episode you will be introduced to a different club and the club's stars and staff. I will then interview everyone so you and I can learn and enjoy more about them. Different citys. Different clubs. Different stars.
There is a very positive side to the club world. A place where everyone really does like each other, gets along and works extremely hard to bring you the best in entertainment. I hope you will watch, laugh, cry and simply enjoy!

Until this summer XXXOOO&///2!! (hugskisses&scratchestoo!!!)
Zander Mander

Any performer/ staff / club wishing to be interviewed / featured please send me a private message with contact info.   zmqcproductions@yahoo.com

EQ-IL APPLAUDS SPRINGFIELD REGARDING SPOUSAL BENEFITS

www.BellevillePride.Org / MetroEast NEWS

January 10, 2012
(SPRINGFIELD)
Bernard Cherkasov, CEO of Equality Illinois, at 312-520-4919 or
Randy Hannig, Director of Public Policy of Equality Illinois, at 773-477-7173

EQUALITY ILLINOIS APPLAUDS SPRINGFIELD COMMUNITY FOR ENCOURAGING PUBLIC EMPLOYEE SPOUSAL BENEFITS
  Equality Illinois, the state's oldest and largest organization advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality, issued the following statement in response to Springfield’s Joint Labor and Management Health Care Committee’s unanimous decision to reverse its earlier ruling and allow spousal health insurance benefits for city employees in a civil union:

“We commend the LGBT community and our allies in Springfield for speaking out in favor of equal treatment for each and every couple,” Randy Hannig, Jr., Director of Public Policy for Equality Illinois, said. “In the end, nearly 150 Springfield residents signed our petition urging the mayor and the Joint Labor and Management Health Care Committee to do the right thing and not discriminate against couples in a civil union.

Because of the community’s support, along with the leadership of Mayor Houston and Alderman Cory Jobe, the committee made the right decision in the end to reaffirm Illinois’ civil union law that explicitly states that all benefits available to couples in a marriage must be available to couples in a civil union.”
Equality Illinois was founded in 1991 to secure, protect and defend full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. It is the state’s oldest and largest LGBT advocacy organization.

www.EqualityIllinois.Org

"DNA of DEA" - By: Daniel McCree

www.DanielMcCree.Org
Daniel McCree Foundation

(Written 2006)

"A janitor and a jailbird a judas and a judge. Alchemy can kill you, whats a little smudge? A most impervious inquisition, an affinity for fudge. Marble cake can make you swoon and the boys will have to wait. A junior in the making hinges on your fate...

Aztec. Incan. Mayan. Incongruent counterparts. Congressional acts of post traumatic stress induction.

Affiliations with affluent artisans are invitations for acts of attrition. Stars are for shooting; dress for dinner. DNA of DEA.

Endowed: A mission in nouns Hyperactive Son of Sam Entwined in cords Harmonious Dischord Apocolyptic Astroturf with lane lines rolling by

A swimmers penchance for backstroke flags And baseballs distaste for fags Acute Rimbaus: lofty goals Combined in the By and By

sanguin fields of yesterday swept behind the clock time zones cull; the recipe for beefing up the flock calloused clocks and paradox a rauckous combination aleviate the urge: innate to strike the iron hot if your in canterra rest assured canmando is next 567"

Daniel McCree Foundation - Collection of Original Writing

Daniel McCree Foundation - In the Words of Daniel McCree, our collection tells his story in his own words. This selection is an excerpt from "Aids Daze" as featured in the January 2012 Issue of MetroEast NEWS

From the Vagina Monologues to Mass Marketing: Healing These Wounds that Hold Us Together

 From the Vagina Monologues to Mass Marketing: Healing These Wounds that Hold Us Together
by: Tess Farnham, MetroEast NEWS
(As Featured in the January 2012 Issue)

 

MetroEast News - January 2012

www.BellevillePride.Org

2012 DIGITAL DIRECTORY  (JANUARY 2012)