Bill Text: IL HR0081 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates #Boom magazine on its fifth anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-07 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman [HR0081 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0081-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate #Boom magazine on the | ||||||
4 | occasion of the fifth anniversary of its founding in February | ||||||
5 | 2019; and
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6 | WHEREAS, #Boom is a St. Louis-based news, advocacy, and
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7 | community publication that serves the lesbian, gay, bisexual, | ||||||
8 | transgender,
queer (LGBTQ), and urban progressive audience; | ||||||
9 | and
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10 | WHEREAS, #Boom was founded in February 2014 by Colin | ||||||
11 | Murphy,
Kurt Ross, and Colin Lovett
and has built upon the rich | ||||||
12 | history of
independently owned LGBTQ media in St. Louis and the | ||||||
13 | Metro East that
began with the publication of Mandrake in 1970; | ||||||
14 | and
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15 | WHEREAS, #Boom's mission is to provide a LGBTQIA+ media | ||||||
16 | suite
serving the St. Louis Metro and surrounding areas, with a | ||||||
17 | focus on
community and their perspectives on national, | ||||||
18 | regional, and local
stories; and
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19 | WHEREAS, #Boom is a member of the Gateway Business Guild | ||||||
20 | and
a certified LGBT Business Enterprise through the National | ||||||
21 | Gay &
Lesbian Chamber of Commerce; and
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1 | WHEREAS, #Boom has been honored by the NLGJA, The | ||||||
2 | Association
of LGBTQ Journalists, for excellence in coverage; | ||||||
3 | and
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4 | WHEREAS, #Boom was the first media company in the nation | ||||||
5 | and
the second in world to migrate to the .lgbt top level | ||||||
6 | domain; and
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7 | WHEREAS, #Boom is celebrating its 5th anniversary of | ||||||
8 | serving
the Metro East and Southern Illinois LGBTQ community; | ||||||
9 | therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
11 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
12 | we congratulate #Boom magazine on its fifth anniversary, and we | ||||||
13 | wish it many more successful years; and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to #Boom as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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