Week of May 22, 2006: Volume I, Issue 30

Illinois InQueeri
An abbreviated form of the Illinois InQueeri will be sent out on a periodical basis throughout the summer.
Summer Hours
The Office for LGBT Resources will be open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Mondays and Fridays. As much as possible we will be open 9:00 am - 10:00 pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Tuesday's extended hours are offered to allow community members an evening causal hang-out or study space. Wednesdays are Movie Night. Thursdays are available for people to host an event or activity. People interested in hosting a night can contact Curt McKay.

If your campus group has an event you would like featured in "Coming Attractions," please e-mail Khristian.

Movie Night
8:00 pm, Office for LGBT Resources, 323 Illini Union
We will be showing the feature film, TransAmerica Wednesday night. B.A. Davis-Howe, staff member in the University Library, will be hosting the night and be there to discuss the film afterward.

If you know of an event sponsored by another organization or program that you would like featured in "Out and About," please e-mail Khristian.

General Meeting of Equal Marriage Illinois Champaign County
5:30 pm, Geneva Room of the McKinley Foundation (corner of Daniel and Fifth Streets in Champaign)
We're a friendly and open group. We have a lot of fun despite the seriousness of our mission. Pizza and drinks provided.
General Meeting of Fair Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
6:30 pm, Geneva Room of the McKinley Foundation (corner of Daniel and Fifth Streets in Champaign)
Allie Carter of the IL ACLU will train us in the method of signature challenging. Bring a laptop, if you have one.

On Monday, May 8, the Illinois Family Institute submitted an estimated 345,199 signatures to the Illinois State Board of Elections to get an anti-gay marriage advisory referendum on the November ballot (they needed 283,111). A number of groups have come together to form the Fair Illinois campaign to defeat this hateful amendment and the best way to do that is to keep it off of the ballot entirely. Local coalition of community members who are reviewing the signatures of all Champaign County voters who signed the petition to make sure that they did so legally. Those signatures that are invalid will be challenged. If enough signatures are invalid, the advisory referendum will NOT appear on the November ballot. We are part of a statewide effort of concerned citizens who are checking at 300,000 + petition signatures. Won't you join us at one (or both) of these two meetings.

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