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|  | India Supreme Court recriminalizes same-sex relationships - - Washington — The Human Rights Campaign, the United States' largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) civil rights ...  | | | DOMA plaintiff Edie Windsor one of Time's Persons of the Year - From a press release - December 11, 2013, New York N.Y.……Edith "Edie" Windsor, the plaintiff in the June 2013 Supreme Court decision that struck down ... | | | Group attacks mayor's comptroller nominee - From a press release - The Alliance for Chicago Transformation ( ACT ) has called on the Chicago City Council to vet Daniel Widawsky, Mayor ... | | | President Obama speaks at Mandela memorial, includes gays - From a White House Office of Communications press release - December 10, 2013, First National Bank Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1:31 p.m.SAST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. ( Applause. ) ... | | | Obama appts. Laura Ricketts to Kennedy Center board
- From the White House - WASHINGTON, DC — Today, President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts: — Laura ... | | | Center on Halsted awarded $45,000 from Comcast - From a press release - CHICAGO ( December 6, 2013 ) —Center on Halsted today announced it was awarded a three-year grant totaling $45,000 from ... | | | Colorado Court rules refusal of wedding cake illegal - From a press release - DENVER — A Colorado judge today determined that a Lakewood bakery unlawfully discriminated against a gay couple by refusing to ... | | | Gerber/Hart to re-open, promises transparency - Members of the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives board of directors met with the public Dec. 5 to discuss new directions ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | IDHS providing trans healthcare to detainee - A transgender woman detained in an Elgin mental-health facility has secured access gender-affirming healthcare, possibly setting a precedent for transgender ...
Author: Kate Sosin, Windy City Times | | | Nelson Mandela dies - As the world took in the fact that former South Africa President Nelson Mandela died Dec. 5, many—including politicians as ... |
| | What's up next for Chicago's Catholics? - When the Chicago Archdiocese hosts a celebration next week for sometime-soon-to-be retiring Francis Cardinal George, not everybody will be in ... | | | Gay-sex ban reinstated in India - India's supreme court has upheld a law that criminalizes gay sex in a ruling gay-rights activists have criticized, the BBC ... | | | Ghosts in Our Machine film: 'Empathy Gene and Tofu' - Someone should do a survey; to actually see how many queer vegetarian/vegan women are out there. I suspect a very ...
Author: Liz Marshall | | | Obama appts. Laura Ricketts to Kennedy Center board
- From the White House - WASHINGTON, DC — Today, President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts: — Laura ... | | | IDHS providing trans healthcare to detainee - A transgender woman detained in an Elgin mental-health facility has secured access gender-affirming healthcare, possibly setting a precedent for transgender ...
Author: Kate Sosin, Windy City Times | | | Gerber/Hart to re-open, promises transparency - Members of the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives board of directors met with the public Dec. 5 to discuss new directions ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Colorado Court rules refusal of wedding cake illegal - From a press release - DENVER — A Colorado judge today determined that a Lakewood bakery unlawfully discriminated against a gay couple by refusing to ... | | | Center on Halsted awarded $45,000 from Comcast - From a press release - CHICAGO ( December 6, 2013 ) —Center on Halsted today announced it was awarded a three-year grant totaling $45,000 from ... | | | Lambda Legal applauds federal resolution opposing ex-gay therapy - From a press release - "LGBTQ youth across the country deserve to be protected from the trauma of so-called 'ex-gay therapy' and the devastation these ... | | | Obama mentions ENDA in economics speech - From a press release - Remarks delivered Dec. 4, 2013 at The Arc in Washington, D.C. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. ( Applause. ) Thank you, ... | | | Susan Rice includes LGBTs in human rights speech - From the White House - Following are remarks by National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice at the Human Rights First Annual Summit, Washington, D.C., Dec. ... | | | Nhojj Raising Funds for LGBT Center in Guyana - From a press release - ( 12-07-13 ) — The Christmas holidays are a special time of giving, and in the true spirit of this ... | | | Uprising of Love: Celebrities support Russian Freedom Fund - Melissa Etheridge to preview new song; Russian LGBT activists to speak - From a Press Release NEW YORK - A coalition of celebrities will gather on Monday to announce the launch of ... | | | Catholic HS fires gay teacher seeking marriage license - HRC to school: Heed Pope Francis, end unjust discrimination - From a press release Washington — The Human Rights Campaign is calling on Holy Ghost Preparatory School in Bensalem, PA ... | | | President Obama speaks at Mandela memorial, includes gays - From a White House Office of Communications press release - December 10, 2013, First National Bank Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1:31 p.m.SAST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. ( Applause. ) ... | | | Two transgender women murdered in past week in Cleveland - From a NCAVP press release - The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs ( NCAVP ) is deeply concerned about two unsolved homicides of transgender women that ... | | | Group attacks mayor's comptroller nominee - From a press release - The Alliance for Chicago Transformation ( ACT ) has called on the Chicago City Council to vet Daniel Widawsky, Mayor ... | | | Celebrities launch Uprising of Love for Russia Freedom Fund - International Human Rights Day start of long-term support - From a press release NEW YORK - A coalition of celebrities launch Uprising of Love, a social movement dedicated to ... | | | Report: LGBT service members face harassment, victimization - From a press release - Harassment, victimization, mental health, substance abuse, and sexual risk behaviors of LGBT service members in the US military December 10, ... | | | With survey, Vatican asks laity about gay marriage, families - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - In yet another indication of a changing Catholic Church, the Vatican is asking members of the laity their views on ...
Author: Chuck Colbert | | | NGLTF celebrates four decades - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - It's certainly not a bad year to celebrate four decades of work in the LGBT movement given the momentous change ...
Author: Charlsie Dewey | | | Presentation shows plight of trans* prisoners - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other country in the world—up to 20 percent of the ...
Author: Gretchen Rachel Blickensderfer | | | TPAN looks to future with new space - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Test Positive Aware Network ( TPAN ) celebrated the grand opening if its new offices at 5050 N. Broadway with ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Trans* UIC student overcomes challenges outside the classroom - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - On Nov. 2, Robles, a UIC ( University of Illinois at Chicago ) Honors College student, was recognized as a ...
Author: Gretchen Rachel Blickensderfer | | | 'Tis the season for vaccinations - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - It's the time of year to get vigilant about germs, and the Chicago Public Health Department ( CPHD ) wants ...
Author: Charlsie Dewey | | | LGBT delegation to Honduras reports human-rights abuses - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - "It just continues and continues," Gay Liberation Network's ( GLN ) Andy Thayer told the other members at their regular ...
Author: Matthew C. Clark | | | LGBTQ community discusses caring for aging parents - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Members of the LGBTQ community recently gathered at University of Illinois at Chicago ( UIC ) for a panel discussion ...
Author: Melissa Wasserman | | | Bodhi Spiritual Center marks a decade of diversity - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - While Sunday morning usually serves as a segregated day where each separate creed and culture retreats to their own houses ...
Author: Melissa Wasserman | | | Boston lesbian blogger shares life online - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Casey Carey-Brown has most of the past 15 years in the public eye—through her words. She started blogging with an ...
Author: Ross Forman, Windy City Times | | | LGBT workplace forum in the Loop Dec. 12 - Egalite Chicago—the LGBT network for Publicis Groupe agencies—in partnership with GLAAD's Chicago Leadership Council, will hold its first-ever "Four Color ... | | | A guide to gay, lesbian political candidates - The next primary elections, to be held March 18, 2014, feature a number of openly gay and lesbian candidates. The ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | PASSAGES. Celebration of William 'Feathers' Gary's life Jan. 18 - There will be a celebration of William "Feather" Gary's life Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at Driftwood, 1021 W. Montrose Ave., ... | | | Former Illinoisan running for mayor of Providence - Openly gay small-business owner Brett Smiley has formally announced he's running for mayor of Providence, R.I., according to The Providence ... | | | Persistent Desires, Wish Lists, Importance of Yearning - Cultural Q's: A recurring column - Dream if U can a courtyard, with oceans of violets in bloom.—Prince Mid-December, more than a decade ago, I found ...
Author: Francesca Royster | | | Gay speed skater falls short; Northern Ireland allows adoption - World news: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Openly gay speed skater Blake Skjellerup missed out on an automatic bid to the Sochi Olympics by one position, according ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Gay politician loses cool; server fired for lying - National roundup: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, a gay Democrat from Colorado, lost his cool on the House floor when the presiding officer ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times. | | | DOMA plaintiff Edie Windsor one of Time's Persons of the Year - From a press release - December 11, 2013, New York N.Y.……Edith "Edie" Windsor, the plaintiff in the June 2013 Supreme Court decision that struck down ... | | | Defense bill worries some - Leaders of the U.S. Senate and House Armed Services committees announced Monday that they have reached an agreement on the ...
Author: Lisa Keen, Keen News Service | | | India Supreme Court recriminalizes same-sex relationships - From an HRC press release - Washington — The Human Rights Campaign, the United States' largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) civil rights ... | | | Russia to create "protest zone" - The International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday that Russian authorities "plan to set up a protest zone in the city of ...
Author: Lisa Keen, Keen News Service | | | Nelson Mandela dies - As the world took in the fact that former South Africa President Nelson Mandela died Dec. 5, many—including politicians as ... | | | VIEWS Beyond Marriage: Uniting for Change - Last month Illinois became the 16th state to grant same-sex couples the right to marry when Gov. Pat Quinn signed ...
Author: Andrea L. Zopp | | | HRC shows strong corporate support for LGBT equality - From a press release - WASHINGTON — In what was a historic year of progress for the equal rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ... | | | LETTER Dolan along - To the editor: I must say the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops continue to amaze me with its clueless nature. ... | | | VIEWS What's next for the LGBTQ movement in Illinois? - While most states still do not enjoy full legal equality, in Illinois we now have largely crossed that threshold and, ...
Author: Andy Thayer | | | Dec. 15 brunch to mark Vital Bridges' 25th anniversary - Heartland Health Outreach will hold its annual holiday brunch—commemorating the 25th anniversary of Vital Bridges Center on Chronic Care—on Sunday, ... | | | HRC releases newest Corporate Equality Index - A historic number of corporations earned the top score in Human Rights Campaign's ( HRC's ) 2014 Corporate Equality Index ... |
| | Animals rights is focus of 'Ghost' film at Music Box - The Ghosts in Our Machine is a powerful new feature documentary about animal rights, made accessible through the photos and ... | | | Jeannie Tanner CD release party: Joyful Season - From a press release - New Holiday CD Release Jeannie Tanner Joyful Season CD Release Celebration ( Sponsored by WDCB ): Monday, Dec. 16th, 5pm-8:30pm ... | | | Isaac Mizrahi talks 'Project Runway: All Stars' - NUNN ON ONE: TELEVISION Extended for the online edition of Windy City Times - Isaac Mizrahi has created fashion lines for decades and has become an icon in the process. He presented his first ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | 'One of a Kind Show' takes over Merchandise Mart - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Everything from coats to art to balsamic vinegar was sold Dec. 5-8 at the annual ( and very expansive ) ... | | | Isaac Mizrahi talks 'Project Runway: All Stars' - NUNN ON ONE: TELEVISION - Isaac Mizrahi has created fashion lines for decades and has become an icon in the process. He presented his first ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | Winter LGBT movie/TV preview - The Chicago holiday movie season is in full swing with an embarrassing amount of cinematic riches to choose from, this ...
Author: Richard Knight, Jr., for Windy City Times | | | CRITICS' PICKS - A Christmas Carol, Goodman Theatre, through Dec. 28. The refrain to Andrew Hansen's "Angels Are Singing Noel" may possibly be ... | | | Christmas Dearest - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: David Cerda. At: Hell in a Handbag Productions at Mary's Attic, 5400 N. Clark St. Tickets: 800-838-3006; ; $15-$25; ...
Author: Scott C. Morgan, Windy City Times | | | Spotlight - Barrel of Monkeys' That's Weird, Grandma: The Holiday Special is just like other editions of the family-friendly sketch show that ... | | | Once Upon a People: A Dancesical - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: book, music and lyrics by Rueben D. Echoles. At: Black Ensemble Theater, 4450 N. Clark St. Tickets: 773-769-4451; ; ...
Author: Mary Shen Barnidge | | | We Three Lizas - THEATER REVIEW - Book and lyrics: Scott Bradley; Music and additional lyrics: Alan Schmuckler. At: About Face Theatre at Stage 773, 1225 W. ...
Author: Scott C. Morgan, Windy City Times | | | Christopher Knowlton: A Renaissance man - DANCIN' FEATS by Lauren Warnecke - Christopher Knowlton, 27, is a biomedical engineer, Ph.D. candidate, and artistic director of a Chicago-based dance company known as The ... | | | Lori Michaels unveils CD compilation - MUSIC Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Singer-songwriter Lori Michaels is excited for her album to drop on Dec. 4 and to introduce a whole new audience ...
Author: Charlsie Dewey | | | Out singer Ryan Amador on identity, influences - MUSIC Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - In the video for his piano ballad "Define Me" from his self-titled debut CD—singer Ryan Amador is baring his mind, ...
Author: Terri-Lynne Waldron | | | Macklemore and Ryan Lewis get Grammy love - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - With an album that includes the gay anthem "Same Love," hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis has scored seven Grammy ... | | | Billy Masters - "I have the biggest crush on Jonathan Knight. Yes, I know he's gay and has a boyfriend. But I'm one ...
Author: Billy Masters | | | Russian crew shoots pilot of LGBT series
- The pilot for Moonlight People—a Russian series about LGBT individuals—has been filmed. Ekaterina Polyanskaya is the director and screenwriter. There ... | | | Nutcracker and Christmas Show coming up, Too Much Light honored - 'Music Box Christmas Show' Dec. 13-24 The 30th annual Music Box Christmas Show—featuring White Christmas and/or It's a Wonderful Life—will ... | | | Gaga's fans make voices heard in 'Heal This Way'
- BOOKS - Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( more famously known as singer Lady Gaga ) measures a petite 5'1" in stature, but ...
Author: Sarah Toce | | | Philip Chaffin: Gay singer talks about musical-theater label - WINTER MUSIC SPECIAL - The lives of Philip Chaffin and his husband, Tommy Krasker, are immersed in music. Together they own PS Classics, a ...
Author: David-Elijah Nahmod | | | Lili Taylor shows her 'Human' side - NUNN ON ONE: TELEVISION - Actress Lili Taylor comes straight from the heart of the Chicago suburbs being born in Glencoe, Illinois and raised at ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | Samantha Ronson speaks about bullying, family and gigs - NUNN ON ONE: MUSIC - Samantha Ronson knows how to be the life of the party. The songwriter and DJ from California continues to spin ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | Proceeds from Bowersox single help Trevor Project - American Idol alum Crystal Bowersox has released a new Christmas single, "Coming Out for Christmas," on iTunes. For each purchase ... | | | Chris Isaak, Martina McBride shows coming up - Chris Isaak show at Genesee Dec. 13 NiteLite Promotions is presenting singer Chris Isaak at Waukegan's Genesee Theatre, 203 N. ... | | | Multifaceted Scott Duff hosting LGBT talk show
- RADIO - It's hard enough to peg down actor, About Face Theatre Co-Founder, and Laugh Factory's "Chigaygo" stand-up host Scott Duff, who ...
Author: Matthew C. Clark | | | 'Slo 'Mo', Holi-GAYS, amd Sound of Music Live!' DVD coming up - 'Sound of Music Live!' DVD out Dec. 17 The Sound of Music Live!—which recently aired on NBC—comes to DVD Dec. ... | | | Knight at the Movies: Saving Mr. Banks; Six by Sondheim - Those who read the Mary Poppins novels by P.L. Travers as a child ( or had the books read to ...
Author: Richard Knight, Jr., for Windy City Times | | | HoliDaze - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Steven Simoncic, Tate A. Geborkoff, Joshua Rollins, Lisa Dillman, Nambi E. Kelley. At: Step Up Productions at the Athenaeum, ...
Author: Mary Shen Barnidge | | | Jolie stopped from flying; Robbie Williams says he's '49%' gay - Entertainment news: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Angelina Jolie has been banned from flying her personal plane after she failed to renew its registration in time, The ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Bad Idea - BOOK REVIEW - by Damon Suede $16.19; Dreamspinner. Press; 334 pages Bad Idea is full of many bad things—bad-ass sex, clever badinage ...
Author: Sally Parsons | | | Raising My Rainbow - BOOK REVIEW - by Lori Duron $15; Broadway . Books; 278 pages One in a million... That's the best way to describe your ...
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| | The chief of beef: Talking with Burger Boss' Anthony Gambino - DISH: SAVOR Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - A new casual eatery with some mighty tasty offerings has opened in Lakeview. Burger Boss ( 3210 N. Southport Ave.; ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | CMSA social party Jan. 25 - The Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association ( CMSA ) will hold its annual membership social party Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, at ... | | | DISH WEEKLY DINING GUIDE: Gogi - There's been so much buzz lately about Gogi, a new Korean barbeque restaurant in Rogers Park, so I couldn't resist ...
Author: Meghan Streit | | | A Gay in the Life: Crystal 'Danni' Webber
and Tara Webber
- Crystal "Danni" Webber created an online profile a few years ago while living in New York City, looking for friends, ...
Author: Ross Forman, Windy City Times | | | World of Chocolate commemorates World AIDS Day - Hundreds of people attended AIDS Foundation of Chicago's annual World of Chocolate, a sweet event ( literally ) that commemorates ... | | | Inside Leather History, A Fireside Chat presents Joey McDonald - From a press release - Inside Leather History, A Fireside Chat is proud to announce its next Fireside Chat at The Center on Halsted. IML ... |
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