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|  | PASSAGES Nightlife figure Cody Laughlin dies at 26 - Lucky Horseshoe Lounge dancer Cody Laughlin died June 15 at his home. The cause of death is currently unknown. He ...  | | | Food truck parodies Nini's; proceeds going to Black/Brown, LGBTQ groups - A food truck parodying the disgraced Nini's Deli is selling empanadas June 19-20, splitting proceeds between a Black/Brown group and ... | | | March centering on Black trans Chicagoans planned for June 28 SEE UPDATE - UPDATE: ACTIVATE:CHI march and rally cancelled. . The grassroots activist organization ACTIVATE:CHI announced June 19 that it is collaborating with ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Schakowsky issues Pride Month declaration - EVANSTON, IL - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a founding member of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, issued the following statement celebrating ... | | | LGBTQ aspect of state aging act taking effect July 1 - An amendment of the Illinois Act on the Aging that protects the needs of LGBTQ older adults and people living ... | | | Elk Grove Village LGBTQ bar bought for $1.35M - The owner of Chicago's Admiral Theatre is selling the shuttered Phoenix Bar & Nightclub for $1.35 million to Elk Grove ... | | | Supreme Court refuses to end DACA protections - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 18 that the Trump administration cannot dismantle the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ... | | | NCLR cheers court ruling invalidating attempt to end DACA - WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the Trump Administration's attempt to end the Department of Homeland Security's ... | | | 81,000 'Dreamers' identify as LGBT, 39,000 of them have participated in DACA - There are an estimated 81,000 LGBT Dreamers in the U.S., including 39,000 who have participated in Deferred Action for Childhood ... | | | Equality Illinois hosts statewide Pride Month virtual event - Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Equality Illinois held a "Can't Stop Our Pride: One Day, One Illinois" afternoon-long virtual ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell | | | Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame selection committee to meet - The Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame, now entering its 30th year, announced earlier this year that it would resume inducting ... | | | 'Chicago Is a [Digital] Drag Festival' June 30 - The Chicago Is a [Digital] Drag Festival—a Brave Space Alliance fundraiser, with Shea Coulee hosting—will take place Tuesday, June 30, ... | | | Reunion, OTV and Slo 'Mo hosting virtual Pride festival June 26-28 - LGBTQ+-centered organizations Reunion Chicago, Slo 'Mo and OTV-Open Television are combining energies and resources to present an intergenerational and intersectional ... | | | Morrison, Preckwinkle hosting Pride talk on health equity - Cook County Commissioner Kevin B. Morrison and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will host a live Pride virtual discussion ... | | | Lambda Legal Sues HHS to Block Effort to Gut Protections for LGBTQ Patients - ( Washington, D.C., June 22, 2020 ) — Today, Lambda Legal and Steptoe & Johnson LLP filed a lawsuit challenging ... | | | UIC named Illinois' best college for LGBTQ students - Diversity and inclusion are cornerstones of the University of Illinois at Chicago's mission and its latest recognition gives the campus ... | | | Chicago city council member comes out as queer - Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez ( 33rd Ward ) came out as queer on a twitter post late June 21, making her ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Leaders in LGBTQ history documentation, interpretation, outreach create fact sheet - NEW YORK, NY — Tuesday, June 23, 2020 — The Stonewall 50 Consortium, Making Gay History, NYC LGBT Historic Sites ... | | | PFLAG National, Wear Your Voice elevate voices of LGBTQ+ Black, Indigenous, People of Color - WASHINGTON ( June 23, 2020 ) — This month, as the media turns its lens to the dangers faced by ... | | | NATIONAL Trans youth guide, march items, Dallas Pride flag, Key West - The Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic ( HLAC ) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights ( NCLR ) ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | WORLD Israel news, Egyptian activist dies, Spanish singer comes out - In light of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers behind the four largest pride parades in Israel—Haifa, Jerusalem, Be'er Sheva and Tel ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | LGBTQIs face rampant bias in Venezuela, sparking asylum in nearby countries - In the United States, Pride Month is known for widespread festivities, parade floats, rainbow-colored everything and celebration of self-identity. In ...
Author: Emily Reilly | | | Pride Fest Chicago goes virtual - Chicago's beloved annual Pride Fest made the move to Twitch for a special Virtual Pride Fest, presented by Northalsted Business ... | | | Queer artist McKinnon among Foundation leaders - Queer artist/advocate Elijah McKinnon is among 11 local individuals The Field Foundation, in partnership with the John D. and =Catherine ... | | | MOMBIAN
Supporting LGBTQ families requires that Black Lives Matter - Black lives matter. Black LGBTQ lives matter. And we will never have a just world for LGBTQ families until we ...
Author: Dana Rudolph | | | GLAAD unveils inaugural 20 Under 20 list - GLAAD revealed its inaugural Rising Stars 20 Under 20 list. The list spotlights 20 young LGBTQ people, ages 20 and ... | | | Illinois' LGBTQ cabinet members discuss equality, coronavirus - Among those conte=nding with coronavirus preparedness, not to mention the effects from the resulting shutdowns, were numerous state government officials. ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Organizations respond to murder of trans Chicagoan - A number of organizations released statements on the May murder of a Chicago Latinx transgender woman who, at the time ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Downstate activist Buff Carmichael talks husband, the Prairie Flame - In the May 27 issue of Windy City Times, in the first of a three-part series, Springfield-based activist Buff Carmichael ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Local transgender man on being affected by healthcare rollback - Oli Rodriguez is a transgender man who hopes to carry a child and become a father in the near future. ...
Author: Emily Reilly | | | Lighthouse Foundation event explores racism's origins for white allies - Lighthouse Foundation presented an online forum June 20 focusing on how white allies in the LGBT community can best focus ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | At least two marches centering on Black trans Chicagoans planned for June 28 SEE UPDATE - UPDATE: ACTIVATE:CHI march and rally cancelled. http:// . The grassroots activist organization ACTIVATE:CHI announced June 19 that it is collaborating ...
Author: Matt Simonette and Tim Peacock | | | Memories of Pride - We asked our readers to share some of their favorite Pride memories from years past. Enjoy our shared history! I ... | | | Library board president leaves post over anti-LGBTQ statements - Cook Memorial Public Library District Board President Bonnie Quirke has now resigned from her post, The Daily Herald reported. Quirke, ... | | | Torres wins NYC primary over anti-LGBTQ opponent, could be first openly LGBTQ Afro-Latinx in Congress - Washington, DC — New York City Councilmember Ritchie Torres won the Democratic primary for New York's 15th Congressional District, defeating ... | | | Mondaire Jones may be among first Black LGBTQ members of Congress - Washington, DC — Today Mondaire Jones won the Democratic primary for New York's 17th Congressional District and is on-track to ... | | | Holocaust Museum: Pride without the parade, a quiet time to learn and reflect
- Due to the pandemic, millions across the globe have been living under "shelter in place" ordinances for months. For those ...
Author: Michelle Gatesy and Matthew Sackel, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center | | | CHF talk to feature Abby McEnany and Samantha Irby - Actor Abby McEnany and writer Samantha Irby will have a conversation in a Chicago Humanities Festival digital program that will ... |
| | TV: Sam Feder, Laverne Cox discuss trans documentary 'Disclosure' - Disclosure is a new original documentary debuting on Netflix in time for Pride season. Through a series of movie and ... | | | Sylvester's iconic album 'Step II' to be reissued - Los Angeles, CA ( June 17, 2020 ) — Craft Recordings is proud to reissue Sylvester's iconic 1978 album, Step ... | | | Nick Jonas joining Virtual Pride Fest Chicago - Chicago Pride Fest will mark its 20th year with a virtual festival format on June 20-21—and Nick Jonas is the ... | | | Madison Young: Making queer, kinky representation possible - Queer author, adult film star and podcaster Madison Young further secures her "Queen of Kink" title with the new sex-positive ...
Author: Angelique Smith | | | SHOWBIZ Lee Daniels, 'Walking Dead' star, Sylvester, Richard Simmons - Openly gay producer/director Lee Daniels ( TV's Empire; producer of the movie Monster's Ball ) said he was the original ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | 47th Non-Equity Jeff Awards announces honorees - June 22, 2020 — Chicago — As part of the annual recognition of theater excellence, the 47th Non-Equity Jeff Awards ... | | | NUNN ON ONE Miss Lawrence talks new song, activism and Lee Daniels - Reality-show personality Miss Lawrence has built a diverse career in acting, singing and activism. Growing up in Atlanta, Lawrence pursued ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | Raven Theatre names new managing director - Following a nationwide search, Raven Theatre's board of directors announced Markie Gray as the company's new managing director, effective July ... | | | Old Town's virtual Pride Jam on June 26 - Old Town School of Folk Music will host a virtual Pride jam Friday, June 26, 6-7:15 p.m. The event will ... | | | Music Box, Kino Lorber hosting film 'Proud'
- To honor Pride Month, the Music Box Theatre and Kino Lorber are presenting Philippe Faucon's three-part episodic cinema event Proud ... | | | BOOKS Photographer focuses on 'The People of the Pride Parade' - Alyssa Blumstein captured a celebratory photography book The People of the Pride Parade, which was released in honor of the ...
Author: Emily Reilly | | | Out local musician releasing album, launching music station - Out local musician Scott Free Scott Free is releasing his new album, The Last Revolution, on Friday, July 3, and ... | | | TELEVISION Marvel's first openly trans actor on Pride, BLM and Hollywood - Zach Barack made cinematic history as Marvel's first openly trans actor in the 2019 film Spider-Man: Far from Home. He ...
Author: Emily Reilly | | | NUNN ON ONE TELEVISION Brian Tanen talks about 'Love, Simon' spinoff 'Love, Victor' - Ready to binge a new queer-centered television series that had a spoonful too much gay sugar to let the medicine ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | TELEVISION Dashaun Wesley spills the tea on HBO Max's 'Legendary' - "Ladies, gentlemen and genderqueers" exclaims Dashaun Wesley as host and emcee for the new ballroom culture reality-competition show Legendary, on ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | PODCASTS 'A Queer Serial' delves into LGBTQ history - Devlyn Camp, the host of A Queer Serial podcast, is preparing for season two, continuing the stories of milestones in ...
Author: Emily Reilly | | | THEATER Despite everything, there are shows for Pride Week - It's almost impossible to write about the indelible events of 2020 ( which is still not quite half over ) ...
Author: Jonathan Abarbanel, Windy City Times | | | Billy Masters - "On our street, we accept all, we love all, and we respect all. Happy #PrideMonth!"—From your friends on Sesame Street. ...
Author: Billy Masters | | | BOOKS Skokie native writes about creating an LGBTQ family - Steve Disselhorst dreamed of being a parent since he was a kid growing up in Skokie. On June 16, his ...
Author: Melissa Wasserman | | | EXPO CHICAGO pushed to 2021 - EXPO CHICAGO, The International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art, will present its ninth edition from April 8-11, 2021, at ... | | | she crew leaders reflect on feats, end of organization - Six years after its founding, {she crew} has announced that the organization will be ending later this year. Co-founders Meredith ...
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