Chicago Pride Parade announces ‘Free to Be Proud’ theme and community grand marshals
Organizers of the 55th annual Chicago Pride Parade announced this year’s theme, “Free to Be Proud,” and named Windy City Times owner and cofounder Tracy Baim among the 2026 community grand marshals. Baim will serve alongside fellow community grand marshals Evette Cardona and Mona Noriega,…
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PASSAGES Joe Nathan Canup
Joe Nathan Canup, 58—an artist, photographer, bartender and gardener, of LaPorte, Indiana, formerly of Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood—passed away due to complications of a sudden recurrence of metastatic esophageal cancer. Born in Aurora, Joe graduated from Oswego High School in 1985 and took college classes. In 2001, he moved to Chicago and worked as a bartender…
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Howard Brown Health appoints national health equity leader Dr. Justin M. List as Chief Medical Officer
Chicago, IL — Howard Brown Health, one of the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ affirming federally qualified health centers, today announced the appointment of Dr. Justin M. List, MD, MAR, MSc, FACP as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. List is a nationally recognized physician executive whose career has focused on integrating health equity into quality improvement and patient safety systems. Most…
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Chicago couple among those trapped in Puerto Vallarta unrest
Several LGBTQ+ Chicagoans were among those caught up in violence in Puerto Vallarta following the assassination of Jalisco New Generation Cartel Leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes by the Mexican military on Feb. 22. Violent…
Theater / Dance
Banned by the Nazis: ‘Der Silbersee’ (‘The Silver Lake’) is reclaimed by Chicago Opera Theater
There are major historical and political reasons why most audiences are unfamiliar with Der Silbersee (The Silver Lake). Chicago Opera Theater is reclaiming this obscure German hybrid work for its Chicago premiere at the Studebaker Theater in early March. Der Silbersee was the last collaboration between The Threepenny Opera composer Kurt Weill and German expressionist playwright Georg Kaiser. Their…
Music
Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus brings diva royalty to the Center on Halsted with Lipstick & Lyrics: Bette, Barbra & Beyoncé
CHICAGO, IL (March 6-7, 14) – Hold on to your wigs! Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus proudly announces the return of its annual live-singing drag extravaganza, Lipstick & Lyrics: Bette, Barbra & Beyoncé, lighting up the stage at Chicago’s Center on Halsted. Tickets are available now at cgmc.org/lnl. This year’s edition celebrates three legendary divas: Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand,…
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Deconstructing Harrys: ‘Pillion’ star and director open up about their new motorcycle dom-com
Pillion is a Scottish Gaelic word for a seat behind a motorcyclist. It is also the title of a powerful new queer film. Actor Harry Melling plays Colin, the pillion rider sitting behind Alexander Skarsgård’s Ray in a story adapted from the book Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones. In the film, Colin and Ray explore what it means…
Books / Art
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Trans candidate Zoey Carter focuses on working class in state House bid
If Zoey Carter wins her bid to represent her central Illinois district, she would become the first openly trans woman elected to the state legislature. Carter, a longtime retail and manufacturing worker from Pekin, is seeking the Illinois House seat for the 93rd District, challenging Republican incumbent Travis Weaver in the general election in a…
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IN BRIEF Medical group’s update, HRC dinner, ‘Rafiki,’ Algerian boxer, queer gymnast, Super Bowl
NATIONAL The American Medical Association (AMA) has updated its recommendations for gender-affirming care, endorsing certain limitations on surgery for minors, LGBTQ Nation noted. The AMA is now the second major medical organization (following the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, or ASPS) to walk back its total support for whatever gender-affirming treatments a doctor and a…