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https://www.windycitytimes.com/images/system/montage/2024-03-27/current.jpgtext/html2024-03-27T22:02:49-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNex Benedict's autopsy report released
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The full autopsy report for Nex Benedict (he/they) a 16-year-old transgender and Indigenous student from Oklahoma's Owasso High School who died in February a day after a school fight has been released. The Oklahoma Office of the Chietext/html2024-03-27T15:36:49-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comThailand parliament passes landmark marriage bill
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On March 27, Thailand's parliament approved a marriage-equality bill by an overwhelmingly large margin a landmark step that moves one of Asia's most liberal countries closer to legalizing same-sex unions, mediatext/html2024-03-27T00:33:49-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comKayleigh PadarBrown Elephant Returns To Northalsted
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Brown Elephant's Lake View location is moving to Northalsted and already accepting donations. Howard Brown Health, the largest LGBTQ+ health center in the midwest, operates three Brown Elephant resale shops in the Chicagoland area to helptext/html2024-03-26T20:42:07-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaAn interstate trans healthcare crisis: Illinois prepares for influx of people seeking gender-affirming care
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With hard-won rights, such as access to hormone replacement therapy or permission to use one's chosen pronouns in school, breaking down in states across the country, trans residents of all ages are left with a choice:text/html2024-03-26T16:59:12-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaBe here, be queer, play polo: Gay Polo League creates safe athletic space for LGBTQ community
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LGBTQ+ athletic clubs aren't too hard to come by, offering a variety of sports such as softball, soccer and more in cities across the country. But LGBTQ+ athletes would be harder pressed to find someplace totext/html2024-03-26T11:45:04-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPlanned Parenthood of Illinois expands Orland Park health center
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ORLAND PARK, Ill. - Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) announces the expansion of its existing Orland Park Health Center at 14470 S. LaGrange Rd., Suite 106. The 1,800-square-foot expansion is projected to increase sexual and reproductivetext/html2024-03-26T02:47:38-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis After 30 Under 30: MAP Executive Director Naomi Goldberg
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NOTE: In this series, Windy City Times will profile some of its past 30 Under 30 honorees. Windy City Times started its 30 Under 30 Awards in 2001, presenting them each year through 2019. This year,text/html2024-03-26T02:30:49-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJess SavageUnited Church of Hyde Park hosts LGBTQ+ storytelling event
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About 20 people had gathered around four round tables in the community room of the United Church of Hyde Park, 1448 E. 53rd St., on March 23. They were listening quietly to a man tell the story of how, on atext/html2024-03-26T02:26:04-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellKara Swisher talks truth, power in tech at Chicago Humanities event
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Lesbian author, award-winning journalist and podcast host Kara Swisher spoke about truth and power in the tech industry through the lens of her most recent book, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story, March 21 at Firsttext/html2024-03-25T01:05:45-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comWyoming is latest state to ban gender-affirming care for minors
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On March 22, Wyoming became the latest state to prohibit gender-affirming care for minors, The Hill noted. In doing so, it joined 23 other states that passed laws restricting or banning the treatment. Legislators in bothtext/html2024-03-25T00:20:25-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR Easter roundup for 2024
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Easter is a time to celebrate rebirth, spring, life—and brunches. Chicagoland restaurants will be out in full force on Sunday, March 31, offering Easter meals—some with their own twists (includingtext/html2024-03-24T23:49:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJess Savage'Rumors' performers create alternative drag playground
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At first glance, Dorian's Through The Record Shop (1939 W. North Ave.) looks like a brightly-lit shop with a handful of records on the wall, but there's a secret world behind those unassuming shelves. Visitors aretext/html2024-03-24T23:13:52-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis Family of 2004 murder victim holds event in Lake View; reward announced
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The year 2004, for the family and friends of Lake View resident Kevin Clewer, will forever be marked by tragedy. On March 24 of that year, Clewer, 31, was found in his apartment at 3444 N. Elaine Pl.; he was thetext/html2024-03-24T14:58:11-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR WhiskyX, an Easter soiree, a pizza-making class and more
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I'll drink to that: On March 21, I was invited to check out dozens of whiskeys, rums, tequilas and other spirits at WhiskyX, which took place at the Chicago venue Morgan MFG and which hundreds oftext/html2024-03-24T14:45:40-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Red Stars stay undefeated
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Chicago Red Stars stay undefeated On March 23, the Chicago Red Stars took down the Seattle Reign FC 2-1 in the club's home opener at SeatGeek Stadium. With the win, the Red Stars are now 2-0-0text/html2024-03-22T23:36:22-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago alder proposes renaming street after Obama
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Openly gay Black Chicago Ald. Lamont Robinson has proposed renaming Columbus Drive after former U.S. President and city resident Barack Obama, media outlets noted. The street stretches through the Loop from East Grand Avenue to DuSabletext/html2024-03-22T23:33:21-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNo charges filed in Nex Benedict fight; campaigns call for Walters' removal
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In Oklahoma, Tulsa County District Attorney Stephen Kunzweiler announced that no charges will be filed in connection with the fight that happened the day before transgender, nonbinary high school student Nex Benedict died by suicide, NBCtext/html2024-03-22T18:19:00-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichFormer Chicago Girl Scouts CEO Brooke Wiseman to receive Luminary Award
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Brooke Wiseman, a now-retired nonprofit leader in the Chicago area, spent most of her career creating leadership development opportunities for girls and women and making sure that hungry children could be fed. While leading Girl Scouts oftext/html2024-03-22T18:16:37-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCongressional Equality Caucus on FY24 bills passing the house
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WASHINGTON, DC Today, Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), released the following statement after the House successfully passed the final funding bills for Fiscal Yeartext/html2024-03-22T02:08:45-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis ACTIVITIES Pickleball, fine eats and fun are all at SPF
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Despite the fact that it was invented in 1965, pickleball has only really entered the national consciousness within the last few years. However, there really hadn't been a large indoor dedicated space in Chicago for thetext/html2024-03-22T01:58:06-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Uganda items, HIV report, Mandela, Liechtenstein, foreign minister weds
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It turned out that U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Senior LGBTQI+ Coordinator Jay Gilliam traveled to Uganda on Feb. 19-27, per The Washington Blade. He visited the capital of Kampala and the nearby city oftext/html2024-03-22T01:41:53-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL Va. marriage bill, AARP, online counseling, Idaho items, late activist
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Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed bills protecting same-sex marriages at a state level, surprising some, WRIC reported. The bills passed out of both chambers along mostly party lines will require clerkstext/html2024-03-21T17:04:24-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichLGBTQ+ candidates Marcelino Garcia, Precious Brady Davis win primary elections to keep MWRD seats
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Marcelino Garcia and Precious Brady-Davis, the two openly LGBTQ+ incumbents in the race to keep their seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), won their primary elections and will move on to the general thistext/html2024-03-21T02:11:22-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.com2024 OLYMPICS U.S. women's soccer team's opponents set
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The United States women's national soccer team will face Australia, Germany, and either Morocco or Zambia in Group B at the 2024 Paris Olympics, ESPN reported. The tournament will mark the Americans' first competitive games withtext/html2024-03-21T02:06:31-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAlyssa Naeher wins National Women's Soccer League Impact Save of the Week
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CHICAGO (March 20, 2024) Chicago Red Stars goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher earned National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Deloitte Impact Save of the Week honors, the league announced today. Seven minutes into the eight minutes of addedtext/html2024-03-20T18:26:22-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteSmall LGBTQ+ candidate pool nevertheless scores some important victories March 19
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Relatively few openly LGBTQ+ candidates were running in the March 19 Illinois Primary Election. But there were some significant contests in play at the local, state and federal levels. Openly gay Ald. Ray Lopez (15th Ward)text/html2024-03-20T16:18:12-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGay Irish prime minister to step down
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In a surprise move, openly gay Irish Prime Minister (or Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar has announced his resignation, citing "personal and political, but mainly political reasons," according to CNN. Varadkar said he felt he was no longertext/html2024-03-20T01:51:53-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterAffinity celebrates Burning Bowl while looking toward the future
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On March 17, Affinity Community Services held its annual Burning Bowl ceremony even as it already sets its organizational sights on 2025. The event, titled Burning Bowl 2024 Evolution, was held at Studio Imani, 5917 N.text/html2024-03-19T21:53:17-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLollapalooza announces lineup; SZA, Skrillex among headliners
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Lollapalooza has released its line-up for the event that's taking place Aug. 1-4 at Grant Park. Headliners include SZA, Blink-182, Skrillex, The Killers, Hozier, Melanie Martinez and Stray Kids, among others. Some of the other actstext/html2024-03-18T19:02:29-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comWindy City Times seeks nominations for 30 Under 30 Awards
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CHICAGO After a four-year hiatus, Windy City Times has revived its 30 Under 30 Awards. Windy City Times is seeking to recognize 30 more outstanding LGBTQ+ individuals (and allies). Nominees should be 30 years or younger astext/html2024-03-18T17:02:00-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellChicago's LGBTQ+ Advisory Council sets a new course
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Chicago's LGBTQ+ Advisory Council held its first meeting of the calendar year on Feb. 28 at City Hall in the Loop under the leadership of the recently appointed chair Jin-Soo Huh. The LGBTQ+ Advisory Council istext/html2024-03-18T03:06:03-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comRed Stars start season with 2-0 win
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On March 16, the Chicago Red Stars kicked off their 2024 campaign with a 2-0 road win over Utah Royals FC in the Royals' inaugural match back in the National Women's Soccer League. Ally Schlegel andtext/html2024-03-16T21:38:42-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAlmost 8% of U.S. residents identify as LGBTQ+
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The proportion of U.S. adults identifying as LGBTQ+ continues to increase. LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. continues to grow, with 7.6% of U.S. adults now identifying as LGBTQ+, according to the newest Gallup poll results thattext/html2024-03-15T20:34:53-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaSPORTS Red Stars prepare to kick off NWSL season against Utah Royals
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It's been a busy winter for the Red Stars, and it's time to put their work to the test. Following a last place finish in the 2023 NWSL season, Chicago has had an active offseason transformingtext/html2024-03-15T13:56:22-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Leaked messages, Panama action, author dies at 32, Japan court, out athletes
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Hundreds of messages from an internal chat board for an international group of transgender health professionals were leaked in a report and framed as revealing serious health risks associated with gender-affirming care, including cancer, according totext/html2024-03-15T13:53:28-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew DavisNATIONAL Missouri measure, HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, judge, Texas schools
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In Missouri, a newly proposed law could charge teachers and counselors with a felony and require them to register as sex offenders if they're found guilty of supporting transgender students who are socially transitioning, CNN noted.text/html2024-03-15T13:45:56-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCollege athletes sue NCAA over transgender policies
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Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines was among a group of college athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA on March 14, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing trans swimmer Lia Thomastext/html2024-03-14T23:18:06-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comUK health service to stop routinely prescribing puberty blockers to minors
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NHS (National Health Service) England confirmed that children will no longer routinely be prescribed puberty blockers at gender-identity clinics, the BBC reported. The decision came after a review found there was "not enough evidence" that theytext/html2024-03-14T23:16:10-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLGBTQ+ people attacked by mobs in Greece
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Just weeks after a landmark law granted same-sex couples in Greece the right to marry, nearly 200 people dressed in black chased a transgender couple through the town square in Thessaloniki, the country's "second city" andtext/html2024-03-14T20:18:50-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellOne Roof Chicago launches youth-focused workforce development program
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One Roof Chicago (ORC) is set to launch its first training, education and job placement program for LGBTQ+ young adults in late spring. This Community Health Workers and Elder Care program is a part of ORC'stext/html2024-03-14T20:16:12-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPASSAGES Dorothy Elizabeth McGroarty
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Dorothy Elizabeth McGroarty, 82, of The Breakers at Edgewater Beach, and a former resident of Andersonville, passed away Feb. 16 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Dearborn, Michigan, Dorothy was raised on Chicago's South andtext/html2024-03-14T20:09:49-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPASSAGES Bryan Dean Wilson
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Bryan Dean Wilson, 64, of Chicago, passed away March 11. Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Bryan graduated from Washington High school in Cedar Rapids before earning his B.S. in Biology from Mount Mercy University, also intext/html2024-03-14T20:03:14-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comHoward Brown experts discuss advocacy and allyship for Chicago's trans community
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Howard Brown Health's Trans & Gender Diverse People's Rights & Patient Care panel convened March 12 to discuss both resources for and opportunities to provide allyship to the city's trans and gender diverse communities. The event hostext/html2024-03-13T22:55:30-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comUPDATE: Nex Benedict's death ruled a suicide; family responds
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A medical examiner's report concluded that the cause of death of Oklahoma student Nex Benedict (he/they) was suicide, media reports confirmed. Benedict—a 16-year-old transgender student—died Feb. 8, a day aftertext/html2024-03-13T21:08:07-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichHoward Brown Health faces October trial if settlement isn't reached with union
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Howard Brown Health could go to trial over unfair labor practice allegations if the LGBTQ+ health center doesn't reach a settlement with its agreement soon. Chicago's regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filedtext/html2024-03-13T20:47:57-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie Maxwell PASSAGES: Former Chicago Commission on Human Relations chair Clarence Wood
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LGBTQ ally and former Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR) Chair and Commissioner Clarence N. Wood died March 5. He was 83. Wood was born April 14, 1940, in Alabama. While primarily raised in Alabama, Woodtext/html2024-03-12T20:35:37-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comRev. Irene MonroeWomen's History Month doesn't do enough to lift up Black lesbians
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Fifty years ago, in 1974, the Combahee River Collective (CRC) was founded in Boston by several lesbian and feminist women of African descent. As a sisterhood, they understood that their acts of protest were shouldered bytext/html2024-03-12T17:44:12-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaNo 'explanations' needed: Affinity remains a haven for Chicago's Black queer community
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Back in 2007, Anna DeShawn came out while she was studying for her undergraduate degree. At around the same time, she searched online for "Black lesbians in Chicago." Her search led her to Affinity Community Services,text/html2024-03-12T13:12:36-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLongtime LGBTQ+-rights activist David Mixner dies at 77
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On March 11, longtime LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS activist David Mixner known for working on Bill Clinton's presidential campaign but then splitting from him over "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) died at age 77, The Advocate reported. text/html2024-03-12T13:11:07-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLGBTQ+ Victory Fund remembers co-founder David Mixner
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Today, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund President & CEO Mayor Annise Parker released the following statement on the passing of LGBTQ+ civil rights activist and LGBTQ+ Victory Fund co-founder David Mixner: "Today, we lost David Mixner, a foundingtext/html2024-03-12T02:05:17-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comFlorida settles 'Don't Say Gay' lawsuit
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On March 11, the state of Florida settled a multi-year lawsuit against the so-called "Don't Say Gay" law, which limits how LGBTQ+ topics can be discussed and presented in schools, The Hill reported. The settlement agreementtext/html2024-03-11T22:28:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comMatt Simonette"X" gender marker now available on Illinois driver's licenses and state ID cards
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After several years of preparation, the Illinois Secretary of State's office is has been making the X gender designation available for non-binary residents and others not utilizing the M or F designations, since the beginning oftext/html2024-03-11T20:54:09-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCenter on Halsted's signature Human First Gala to return
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CHICAGO, IL — Center on Halsted's signature Human First Gala will be held on Saturday, April 20 at The Geraghty. The gala brings together LGBTQ+ community members and allies for an evening of celebration to recognizetext/html2024-03-11T20:03:54-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaChicagoan continues fight against alleged transphobia at Orangetheory
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After allegedly dealing with transphobia at a Chicago Orangetheory beginning in 2018, Jes Favers du Shine is still holding out hope for the organization to take measures addressing those issues.� In 2020, Windy City Times reportedtext/html2024-03-11T13:19:35-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaPro-choice activists protest crisis pregnancy center on International Women's Day
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The rainy weather on March 8 didn't deter a passionate group of pro-choice protesters from gathering in Old Town on International Women's Day. Following the opening of Women's Care Center a crisis pregnancy center directly next to Pltext/html2024-03-11T12:55:39-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterCenter on Halsted celebrates Dreams of Drag
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On March 9, Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., in partnership with the Ralla Klepak Foundation, presented the Dreams of Drag Spring Cohort Class of 2024. The event featured performances from a class of newtext/html2024-03-09T16:49:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comTrans golfer banned from competing
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Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson spoke out on Instagram after the NXXT Women's Pro Tour suddenly announced on March 8 (International Women's Day) that participants must be "a biological female at birth" in order to compete banning Dtext/html2024-03-09T00:12:40-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnCOBRAH slithers into Chicago and brings Feminine Energy
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COBRAH snaked her way into Thalia Hall, 1807 S. Allport St., for two nights March 7 and 8 for her Succubus Tour. This Swedish-born talent has a way with naughty words andtext/html2024-03-08T19:58:46-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichELECTIONS 2024 Precious Brady-Davis says climate change is top issue as she runs to finish appointed MWRD term
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Precious Brady-Davis, commissioner for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), is one of several candidates running to fill three seats on the board in the March 19 election. Brady-Davis was appointed to the role last summertext/html2024-03-08T19:34:55-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichELECTIONS 2024 MWRD's Marcelino Garcia discusses flooding, land use and LGBTQ+ inclusion
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Marcelina Garcia, commissioner for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), is one of several candidates in the running to fill three seats on the board in the March 19 election. Garcia, who chair's the MWRD's Financetext/html2024-03-08T14:46:22-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew DavisNATIONAL Altercation, mpox research, Univ. of Fla., George Santos, tech battle
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Video footage uploaded to Facebook showed an altercation between a state trooper and two prominent Philadelphia LGBTQ+ leaders, the Washington Blade reported, republishing an article from Philadelphia Gay News. Celenatext/html2024-03-08T14:38:08-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Israeli reservist, man detained, Ghana bill, medic denied honor
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Hanania Ben-Shimon the gay Israel Defense Forces reservist who was wounded as he killed one of the terrorists in the attack at the A-Za'ayem checkpoint near Ma'ale Adumim recently published a post in which he pleaded that histext/html2024-03-07T17:59:17-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaPride 365 event emphasizes year-round support for LGBTQ+ employees
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Queer employees are queer all year-round. The need for employers to accordingly support and uplift them year-round was the core message at Howard Brown Health and Citywide Pride's Pride 365 "Out of Office to Out intext/html2024-03-06T22:57:26-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteAffinity Community Services' Latonya Maley announces departure
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Latonya Maley, executive director of Affinity Community Services, announced March 6 that she would be stepping down from her post. The announcement came from a statement with Affinity board members. Maley said that, "It has beentext/html2024-03-06T22:06:23-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLPAC celebrates historic wins for LGBTQ+ candidates in Super Tuesday primaries
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From a press release: Washington, DC—Today, LPAC,the nation's leading organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary candidates to public office, proudly announces the outstanding victories of 67% of endorsed candidatestext/html2024-03-06T22:02:04-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR Let's Talk Womxn's 'More Than March'; Adobo Grill's tequila dinner
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I was fortunate enough to be invited to a culinary event that celebrates the achievement of women and, fittingly, it happened during Women's History Month. On March 1, Let's Talk Womxn Chicago held its annual "More Thantext/html2024-03-06T21:48:26-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAMA launches toolkit to increase screenings for HIV, STIs, hepatitis, tuberculosis
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CHICAGO With disruptions in clinical care caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and viral hepatitis across the U.S., the American Medical Associationtext/html2024-03-05T21:36:14-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaIllinois's first openly gay elected official voices support for Cunningham
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Judge Thomas Chiola, who served in the Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County from 1994-2009, has officially endorsed Justice Joy Cunningham for reelection to the Illinois Supreme Court. Chiola is the first gay man to betext/html2024-03-05T20:13:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comSinema retiring from the U.S. Senate
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Kyrsten Sinema—the bisexual U.S. senator from Arizona who recently switched from being a Democrat to an independent—announced that she will not run for re-election this year,text/html2024-03-03T19:49:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPASSAGES Charles R. Tobin
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Charles R. Tobin, 81, peacefully passed away on Dec. 23, 2023, in the company of his husband, after living with Lewey body dementia for several years. Charlie was born and raised in the Fernwood neighborhood ontext/html2024-03-02T14:10:00-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comFederal investigation initiated in Nex Benedict case
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The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has started an investigation into the Oklahoma school district where Nex Benedict, a transgender 16-year-old sophomore, went to school and was bullied before his death, The Advocatetext/html2024-03-01T21:59:06-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCourt blocks Texas attorney general's demand for PFLAG data
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From a press release: AUSTIN, Texas—Travis County District Court Judge Maria Cantú Hexel on March 1 blocked the latest effort by the Texas Attorney General's Office to persecute Texas families with transgender youth, temporarily haltintext/html2024-03-01T11:06:37-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comWORLD Canadian politics, Australian murders, Finnish study, 'Anatomy'
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Canadian conservatives are divided over an anti-trans policy that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith handed down in her province, The Guardian reported. The policy includes a ban on hormonal treatment, pubertytext/html2024-03-01T10:55:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNATIONAL School items, HIV/AIDS activist dies, Nex Benedict, inclusive parade
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In a new survey, the Pew Research Center asked public K-12 teachers, teens and the U.S. public about the ongoing scrutiny placed on classroom curricula, mainly regarding race and LGBTQ+ identities, ABC News noted. Among othertext/html2024-03-01T10:47:45-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAppeals court allows Ind. ban on gender-affirming care for minors
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On Feb. 27, a federal appeals court in Chicago allowed Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care to go into effect, removing a temporary injunction that U.S. District Court Judge James Patrick Hanlon issued last year, ABC Newstext/html2024-02-29T21:37:00-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGhana parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ+ bill
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On Feb. 28, Ghana's parliament unanimously passed a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill that has been condemned globally. The so-called Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Act, which was introduced in the parliament in 2021, not only criminalizestext/html2024-02-29T11:44:23-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAnti-LGBTQ+ Republican McConnell to step down from leading U.S. Senate
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U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) will step down from Senate leadership in November, having served in that capacity longer than any senator in history, The Advocate noted. McConnell has been a senator since 1985 and hastext/html2024-02-28T20:51:20-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comActivists and others urge removal of Oklahoma schools superintendent after Nex Benedict death
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TULSA, OKLAHOMA—Today more than 350 national, state, and local organizations advocating for equality across the U.S., alongside notable public figures, issued an open letter to Oklahoma legislative leadership urging justicetext/html2024-02-28T20:35:18-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAPA adopts policy supporting transgender, gender diverse and non-binary individuals
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From a press release: WASHINGTON—The American Psychological Association (APA) has adopted a landmark policy affirming evidence-based care for transgender, gender diverse and nonbinary children, adolescents and adults, noting that recenttext/html2024-02-28T00:17:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comKayleigh PadarELECTIONS 2024 Mike Simmons discusses LGBTQ+ health disparities, child tax credit
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State Senator Mike Simmons is running unopposed in the March 19 election. Simmons began representing the 7th District after the former state senator, Heather Steans, retired. He's lived in the area his entire life.text/html2024-02-27T20:38:36-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichAdvocates call for increased HIV funding amid state's 'disappointing' pattern of flat funding
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Governor JB Pritzker's proposed 2025 budget has no increase in HIV funding, continuing a years-long pattern of flat spending toward tackling the epidemic in Illinois. Pritzker outlined his $52.7 billion budget for the 2025 fiscal yeartext/html2024-02-26T23:32:59-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comState Rep. Kelly Cassidy attacked on social media, allegedly by backers of Burke
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Illinois state Rep. Kelly Cassidy a supporter of Cook County state's attorney Democratic candidate Clayton Harris III posted on social media that a backer of Eileen O'Neill Burke, who's running against Harristext/html2024-02-26T22:50:08-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis ELECTIONS 2024 Raymond Lopez talks congressional run, Chuy Garcia, migrant crisis
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Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez has been a member of City Council since 2015, representing the 15th Ward and making history as one of the city's first LGBTQ+ Latine alderman. Now, he is setting his sights ontext/html2024-02-26T21:47:40-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterAsians and Friends welcomes the Year of the Dragon
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On the evening of Feb. 25, Asians and Friends kicked off the Lunar New Year with their annual dinner and celebration at Pho Viet Vietnamese Restaurant. This year's event was focused on this being the Yeartext/html2024-02-26T20:44:27-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPASSAGES Trailblazing judge and attorney Patricia M. Logue passes away
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The Honorable Patricia Logue ("Pat" to her friends, Trish" to her family) was a brilliant lawyer, a trailblazing jurist and a hero to the LGBTQ community. Pat's legacy includes numerous landmark cases she litigated over hertext/html2024-02-26T20:25:38-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comKayleigh PadarELECTIONS 2024 Kelly Cassidy discusses reproductive health, LGBTQ+ rights ahead of March primary
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By Kayleigh Padar State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, running unopposed in the March 19 primary election so as to continue representing the 14th District, was first elected in 2011. During her tenure in Springfield, she hastext/html2024-02-25T22:38:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR James Beard contest, a new Publican opens and a PAWS event
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Contest: You have a chance to be in on all the action during the chef-studded James Beard Award weekend of June 8 in Chicago. Among other things, the grand prize winner will get a three-stay intext/html2024-02-24T19:50:02-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.com911 calls, videos show cascade of failures in Nex Benedict's death, GLAAD responds
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"It is haunting to hear Nex Benedict, in their own words, describe how school and state leaders failed, at every level of leadership, to keep them safe from bullying and harm. Less than 24 hours later,text/html2024-02-24T14:40:13-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR Green City Market; Sofitel's 'Un-Tea' time
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For those who wonder about the lack of a farmers' market in Chicago during the winter months, I point you toward Green City Market (GCM) Avondale, taking place on Saturdays at 8 a.m.-1 p.m. through Marchtext/html2024-02-24T14:21:46-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comFederal jury finds man guilty of killing trans woman in landmark case
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In a groundbreaking case, a federal jury in Columbia, South Carolina found Daqua Lameek Ritter guilty of killing transgender woman Dime Doe after deliberating for almost four hours, The State reported. It is the first timetext/html2024-02-23T22:54:18-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaELECTIONS 2024 Illinois' first openly gay congressman isn't done yet: A conversation with Eric Sorensen
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A Rockford-born meteorologist, U.S. Rep. Eric Sorenson didn't plan on being a politician. But after seeing how his work in broadcasting impacted his viewers in both the Rockford and the Quad Cities areas, he wanted totext/html2024-02-23T22:44:51-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterSamuel Savoir-Faire Williams's violin stylings help COH mark Black History Month
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As part of its celebration of Black History Month, Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., presented a solo jazz performance by violinist Samuel Savoir-Faire Williams on Feb. 21. The two-hour long performance presented a showcasetext/html2024-02-23T19:23:22-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comHoward Brown Health Names Robin Gay, DMD as Interim President and CEO
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Howard Brown Health's Board of Directors announced today the appointment of Robin Gay, DMD as Interim President and CEO. Dr. Gay, who most recently served as Chief Dental Officer, assumes the role formerly held by outgoingtext/html2024-02-23T16:03:55-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comUnprecedented Alabama Supreme Court ruling undermins access to family-building healthcare, GLAD responds
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Feb. 23, 2024 (Boston) Today, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) issued the following statement from Polly Crozier, GLAD's Director of Family Advocacy, on the Alabama Supreme Court decisiontext/html2024-02-23T13:28:55-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Caribbean ruling, Pussy Riot, Russian raid, Canadian warning, anti-trans bar
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The top court in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines dismissed a challenge to colonial-era anti-gay laws, Reuters reported. Javin Johnson and Sean Macleish—two gay men who had pushed to decriminalizetext/html2024-02-23T13:04:13-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL Chuck Schumer, anti-marriage bill, drag event back on, military doctor
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced his support for the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and, as a result, several LGBTQ+-advocacy organizations dropped their opposition to it, The Hilltext/html2024-02-22T18:44:08-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comHIV criminal laws disproportionately impact Black men in Mississippi
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A new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that at least 43 people in Mississippi were arrested for HIV-related crimes between 2004 and 2021. Half of all arrests in the statetext/html2024-02-21T17:26:32-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Bears hire first woman assistant coach
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The Chicago Bears are hiring Jennifer King as an offensive assistant, according to The Chicago Sun-Times and other media outlets. She will be an assistant running backs coach. King who will become the first female assistant coachtext/html2024-02-21T17:21:44-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comOklahoma non-binary student dies after being assaulted
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Officials acknowledged there are unresolved questions about a 16-year-old non-binary Oklahoma student who died one day after a fight in a high school bathroom, NBC News noted. Chuck Hoskin Jr., principal chief of the Cherokee Nation,text/html2024-02-20T21:46:52-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comOwasso High School student of Bridge v. Oklahoma State Board of Education case dies, groups respond
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Oklahoma City, Okla. — In response to the death of 16-year-old Owasso High School student Nex Benedict following an assault in the school restroom, Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Oklahoma