 |  | Debate has Warren separate from Biden, Sanders, Buttigieg and Biden - After a random draw in New York City with party and candidate officials in attendance, the June 26-27 Democratic presidential ...  | | | Ecuador approves same-sex marriage - By a vote of five to four, Ecuador's highest court approved same-sex marriage in a landmark ruling in the small ... | | | GLAAD holding special Pride auction - In honor of Pride Month and the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, eBay for Charity—alongside celebrity supporters including Sarah Jessica Parker, ... | | | Teens competing
at Jimmy Awards - Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards' Marguerite Reed and Jacob Simon will be among 86 students being celebrated at the ... | | | HRC releases sex discrimination report - WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer ( ... | | | Lighthouse Church to host anti-racism forum on July 13 - Lighthouse Church of Chicago, 2335 N. Orchard St., will host an event, Racial Justice Summit: Boystown & Beyond, the morning ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | TRQPITECA, Night Out in the Parks June 30 at Ping Tom Memorial Park - Chicago, IL - June is Pride month, and 2019 marks the 50th year that queer people across the world collectively ... | | | 'Lavender Scare' screening, panel June 15 - On Saturday, June 15, at 2 p.m., in honor of Pride month, WTTW and The Department of Cultural Affairs and ... | | | PASSAGES James Andrew Aull - James Andrew Aull, IV; 80; of Oak Park, born Dec. 18, 1938 in West Norriton, Montgomery County, PA; died peacefully ... | | | Pride South Side hosts inaugural Pride Fest - Chicago, IL — The Pride South Side Organizing Committee has organized its first inaugural pride festival with activities beginning Friday, ... | | | Dating-app meeting leads to Lake View attack - On June 14, a man was injured after someone he met online attacked him with a hammer in Lake View, ... | | | Schakowsky, Howard Brown host health talk - On June 14, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky ( D-Illinois ) hosted a press conference following a roundtable discussion with leaders ... | | | Court lets Trump anti-trans ban stand, and orders new review - On June 14, the The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowed President Trump's ban on transgender members of the ... | | | City of Berwyn to host third annual Pride Walk - Berwyn, IL ( June 2019 ) For the third year in a row, the City of Berwyn is preparing for ... | | | ARCHITECTURE
New UChicago building gets assistance from Theaster Gates - An open forum with ample natural light, historic exposed quartz beams and polished woodworked benches greet the eye when entering ...
Author: Ariel Parrella-Aureli | | | HRC Chicago gets 'Social' about 50 years of LGBTQ history
- Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) Chicago's event "Social!" celebrated 50 years of LGBTQ history at the Edelman offices in ...
Author: Melissa Wasserman | | | Man charged in dating-app attack - Uptown resident Cedric Johnson was charged with eight counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer and individual counts of ... | | | 'Out at CHM' event explores current, past activism - Chicago History Museum closed the 16th season of its Out at CHM LGBT-focused programming June 13 with "Quiet as a ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | LGBT Chamber, Loop Alliance host business panel on inclusion - LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois and the Chicago Loop Alliance ( CLA ) teamed to celebrate the 50th snniversary ...
Author: Melissa Wasserman | | | High court punts on Lambda case of Oregon baker refusing cake to lesbian couple - Video below - On June 17, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to decide if an Oregon baker can refuse on religious grounds to ... | | | MillerCoors celebrates Pride all summer with "Tap Into Change" - CHICAGO ( June 12, 2019 ) — MillerCoors is celebrating Pride all summer long in Chicago through the "Tap Into ... | | | 30 Under 30 Awards to be held June 26 - Windy City Times will again mark Pride Month with its annual 30 Under 30 Awards. The ceremony will take pace ... | | | NATIONAL San Jose LGBTQ Center vandalized, rainbow-flag items, Ricky Martin - In California, a San Jose LGBTQ center was vandalized—and rather than being a random incident, it is believed the center ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | WORLD Conversion therapy, Bermuda march, trans officer, Belgium ban - Germany plans to ban all conversion therapies under a new law to be introduced this year by German Health Minister ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Family Equality Council holds LGBTQ reproductive options panel discussion
- Family Equality Council held an "LGBTQ+ Paths to Pregnancy: Using Donor Sperm to Build Your Family" panel discussion June 12 ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | Pres candidates pull out LGBT plans for Pride and pre-debate - Twenty candidates have qualified to appear in the first nationally televised debates of the Democratic Party for the 2020 presidential ...
Author: Lisa Keen, Keen News Service | | | 2019 PRIDE PARADE INFORMATION - Courtesy of PRIDEChicago www.ChicagoPrideCalendar.org - HONORARY Grand Marshal MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT Mayor Lightfoot's bio is well known to the public who, in record numbers, ... | | | LETTER Respecting elders - Dear Editor: No one likes to talk about it, but it happens every day. However, this crisis remains vastly underidentified ... | | | We remember, we celebrate, we believe - There is a lot of remembering, celebrating and believing going on right now. The "uprising" at the Stonewall Inn 50 ...
Author: Christopher Pett | | | STONEWALL AT 50 NYPD apologizes for actions
- Five decades after the historic Stonewall riots that many said launched the LGBT-rights movement, the New York Police Department ( ... | | | A stroll through LGBTQ button history - These buttons from the private collections of LGBTQ advocates Robert Castillo, Nancy Katz, and the late Marie J. Kuda date ... | | | Stonewall: A personal memoir - That night, standing in Stonewall, I could not have imagined what the next few hours would do to change the ...
Author: Mark Segal, Gay Liberation Front 1969-71 | | | Aurora, Woodstock stage Pride Parades - Aurora and Woodstock are among the Chicago suburbs that staged Pride Parades this year. The Aurora Pride Parade took place ... | | | Reproductive Health Act is law, making Illinois a 'beacon' - BY CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS - CHICAGO—Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker made Illinois the most liberal state in the United States for access to reproductive health care ... | | | Lighthouse Church to host anti-racism forum July 13 - Lighthouse Church of Chicago, 2335 N. Orchard St., will host a meeting July 13 to address the pervasiveness of racism ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Lightfoot, CPD launch community policing initiative - Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot joined Chicago Police Department ( CPD ) Superintendent Eddie T. Johnson and Department of Business Affairs ... | | | AMA adopts new pro-LGBTQ policies at annual meeting - The American Medical Association ( AMA ), voted to adopt new policies on emerging health care topics during the first ... | | | Commissioner looking to amend rights ordinance - Newly elected Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison is aiming to amend a section of the human-rights ordinance. The change would ... | | | Court lets Trump trans ban stand and orders new review - On June 14, the The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowed President Trump's ban on transgender members of the ... | | | HRC Chicago holds Equality Act panel discussion - Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) Chicago hosted a panel discussion, "The Equality Act & Me," May 29 at Morningstar ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | Point Foundation announces 2019 scholarships to 41 LGBTQ students - LOS ANGELES, JUNE 19, 2019 — Point Foundation ( Point ), the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, ... | | | Zoe Spears is 10th Black trans woman slain in 2019, NBJC responds - WASHINGTON — On Thursday, June 13, Zoe Spears ( 23 ) was killed in Fairmount Heights, Maryland, a Washington D.C. ... |
| | COMEDY Hannah Gadsby pops into Chicago - The Australian, lesbian comic Hannah Gadsby became popular with American audiences thanks to the trail blazing Netflix special Nanette. The ... | | | Nursing student writes the book on trans healthcare - A nursing student who graduated this year from Resurrection University wrote a manual on healthcare delivery for transgender and gender ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | THEATER REVIEW The Ballad of Lefty and Crabbe - Authors: Ben Auxier, Brian Huther and Seth Macchi ( book ); Auxier & Huther ( music & lyrics ) At: ...
Author: Jonathan Abarbanel, Windy City Times | | | Sweets & Snacks Expo: Celebrities, innovation - Recently, the Sweets & Snacks Expo took place at McCormick Place. This year's event was more about innovation than ever, ... | | | CONCERT REVIEWS X and The Damned, Gogol Bordello, Bettye Lavette and more - If the concert scene in Chicago this past May was characterized by gloom, dampness and a scarcity of choices, the ...
Author: Vern Hester | | | Chicago PrideFest set for June 22-23 - The weekend before the 2019 Chicago Pride Parade makes its way through Boystown, the Chicago PrideFest will start the celebration. ... | | | Gay Holocaust film being shown June 20 - The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Dr., Skokie, will show the documentary Dear Fredy on Thursday, June ... | | | Interrobang marks 10th season - Interrobang Theatre Project announced its 10th anniversary season—"No Man's Land," exploring the fear and anxiety that accompany journeys into the ... | | | Teens competing at Jimmy Awards - Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards' Marguerite Reed and Jacob Simon will be among 86 students being celebrated at the ... | | | 'Drag Seed' cast announced - Hell in a Handbag Productionshas announced casting for its world premiere of The Drag Seed—an unauthorized parody of the 1956 ... | | | Details for 'Dance for Life' set - Dance for Life—which mobilizes Chicago's dance community by raising funds through dance—announced updated program information for its annual benefit performance, ... | | | Aging with HIV focus of Reunion Project event - The Reunion Project 2.0—Chicago hosted a two day event focused on people aging with HIV June 14-15 at Loyola University's ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | THEATER 'Hedwig' director talks compassion, gender and music - Since its off-Broadway premiere, Hedwig and the Angry Inch has garnered a film adaptation, four Tony Awards and a substantial ...
Author: Lauren Emily Whalen | | | THEATER REVIEW Saving the World - Author: Marc Kelly Smith ( libretto ), Diana Lawrence ( music ) At: Chicago Tap Theatre at Stage 773, 1225 ...
Author: Jonathan Abarbanel, Windy City Times | | | MUSIC LeAnn Rimes goes from 'Blue' to a rainbow - Singer LeAnn Rimes career took off at the tender age of 13 years old with a Bill Mack song called ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | Critics' Picks - La Havana Madrid, Teatro Vista @ The Den, extended through 30 June—Last two weeks to see this thrice-remounted musical about ... | | | THEATER SPOTLIGHT Free Street Theater to do 50 plays in all 50 wards - On Sunday June 23, Free Street Theater will mark its 50th anniversary—very few Chicago theaters are older—by performing a play ... | | | THEATER REVIEW Emma - Author: novel by Jane Austen, stage adaptation by Phil Timberlake At: Lifeline Theatre Company, 6912 N. Glenwood Ave. Tickets: lifelinetheatre.com ...
Author: Sean Margaret Wagner | | | THEATER REVIEW Prophet$ - Playwright: Anthony Tournis At: Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St. Tickets: TheFactoryTheater.com or 866-811-4111; $25. Runs through: July 22 Protestant ...
Author: Mary Shen Barnidge | | | FILM ANALYSIS Rewatching Stonewall at the movies - Early in gay director Nigel Finch's 1995 sort-of docudrama Stonewall, the drag queen La Miranda ( Guillermo Diaz ), who's ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | CAKE Chicago shows diversity in comics - CAKE ( the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo ) took place at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted Ave., on June ... | | | Terence Alan Smith: The real 'MS. BLAKK' - Terence Alan Smith, the Detroit native behind the drag persona Joan Jett Blakk, is still taken aback that a portion ...
Author: Scott C. Morgan, Windy City Times | | | WTTW hosts screening of 'The Lavender Scare' - During the Cold War era, fear and hatred of communism was extended to those who might be seen as susceptible ... | | | MOVIES '5B' revisits first AIDS ward in Calif. hospital - The powerful new documentary 5B is about a group of caregivers opening the first AIDS ward at San Francisco General ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | |
Five Worth Finding: Pride, Carol's Cookies, Kimpton Gray and more - —The Queeriodic Table: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Culture: Harriet Dyer's book ( a take on the periodic table, of course ... | | | BOOKS ON STONEWALL Indecent Advances, The Stonewall Riots, Out in Time - Indecent Advances By James Polchin $26; Counterpoint Press; 256 pages The Stonewall Riots Edited by Marc Stein $35; New ...
Author: Terri Schlichenmeyer | | | SHOWBIZ Sandra Bernhard, 'Love, Simon,' Taylor Swift, Tiffany Haddish - Sandra Bernhard recently sat with Tim Teeman over at the Daily Beast—and made it clear she was done being asked ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble to debut '20/20' - The About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the world premiere of 20/20—a dive into recent ... | | | THEATER Elizabeth Rex - Playwright: Timothy Findley At: Oak Park Festival Theatre at Austin Gardens, 167 Forest Ave., Oak Park. Phone: 847-; $15-$35. Runs ...
Author: Scott C. Morgan, Windy City Times | | | Billy Masters - "Gay liberation? I ain't against it. It's just that there's nothing in it for me!"—Bette Davis Picture it—Dallas, sometime in ...
Author: Billy Masters | | | Windy City Times and Reader Theater Series 2019 - Click on the link for full schedule and registration form: https:// . ... | | | Janet Mock signs historic Netflix deal - Author/director/producer Janet Mock has signed a historic deal with Netflix—making her the first out transgender woman who can call the ... | | | ONO, Glad Rags to play June 29 concert - Genre-pushing local artists ONO and Glad Rags will join forces at Constellation, 3111 N. Western Ave., on Saturday, June 29, ... | | | Why Do Robots Kill? reading and discussion by author Judith Markowitz Jun 30 - Author Judith Markowitz will discuss the question, Why Do Robots Kill?, and read from her book Robots that Kill Sunday, ... |
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