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•	First active pro football player comes out as gay

•	Biden, Harris make Juneteenth a national holiday

•	U.S. Supreme Court sides with anti-LGBTQ Catholic foster-care agency

•	U.S. Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act

•	Dept. of Education: Title IX also protects LGBTQ students

•	Second Drag March for Change takes place in Northalsted/Boystown

•	Aurora Pride reflects a rainbow of support

•	Congress makes Pulse Nightclub a national memorial

•	Chicago Pride Fest planned for October

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ON THE MOVE How Chicago's 'gayborhoods' have shifted since 1965
Chicago's gayborhoods (LGBTQ+ neighborhoods) and safe spaces have been important to the city's LGBTQ+ rights movement—and saving them post-COVID may be crucial. New research at Georgetown University highlights the importance ... more

•	HIV at 40: Erie Family Health Center, focused on helping at-risk communities
•	Employee fired for using gay slur at Indiana Arby's
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Chicago Dyke March on June 26
The Chicago Dyke March is slated to resume Saturday, June 26, at 2 p.m., starting at Palmer Square Park, 2200 N. Kedzie Ave. ... more

•	Schakowsky participates in reopening of Chicago restaurant
•	Cost-free breast-health testing offered to hospitality workers
•	Chicago Urban Pride Picnic/Festival on June 27
•	STAYCATION Rating The Godfrey Hotel Chicago's Pride Month package
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HRC Foundation launches national HIV/AIDS campaign
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation announced the launch of "My Body, My Health," a comprehensive public education campaign that works toward building a generation free of HIV/AIDS and stigma. ... more

•	1.2 million LGBTQ adults in the U.S. identify as nonbinary
•	New book: Majority Leader Hoyer unsung hero of Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal
•	First active pro football player comes out as gay

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'Queer As Folk' reunion on 'Stars in the House' June 22
Hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley announced, on June 22, two very special episodes of "Stars in the House" that will celebrate and honor Pride Month and the LGBTQ community. On June 22, the cast of ... more

•	Billy Masters
•	Emmys allow actors/actresses to be recognized as 'performers'
•	SHOWBIZ Pride anthems, celebrities come out, PBS, Diana Ross, Mark Wahlberg

Theater / Dance

Auditorium Theatre's 'Devil's Ball' on Aug. 27
The Auditorium Theatre Auxiliary Board is hosting its annual Devil's Ball on Friday, Aug. 27—the first public event at the venue since its closure in March 2020. This year's theme, Roaring Back, is a revival of ... more

•	Black Ensemble Theater receives $5M grant from MacKenzie Scott
•	Wizard World Chicago returning Oct. 15-17
•	Blue Man Group returning Aug. 18

Music

MUSIC 'Miley Cyrus Presents Stand by You' airing June 25
Peacock announced that the concert event Miley Cyrus Presents Stand by You will stream Friday, June 25 in celebration of Pride Month. The hour-long concert event, filmed in Nashville, will feature multi-platinum recording artist, songwriter and ... more

•	Local lesbian couple talks new band The Q's, love story, other endeavors
•	Mayor Lightfoot and DCASE announce more summer cultural events across Chicago
•	SHOWBIZ 'Our America,' Randy Rainbow, Melissa Etheridge, 'Drag Race,' VINCINT

Books / Art

BOOKS Grandma, Grace Jones are heroes in non-binary author's children's book
Non-binary author, alternative hip hop artist, mother and activist Ris iRAWniQ Anderson has published the children's book in Charlie's Best Work Yet. Charlie's Best Work Yet tells the semi-autobiographical story of Charlie—a shy, artistic ... more

•	The Cost of Pride: Research goes inside LGBTQ movement's two decades of progress
•	"Chicago: Where comics came to life (1880-1960)" at Chicago Cultural Center
•	BOOKS Precious Brady-Davis has arrived

Trans

VA to offer surgery to transgender vets for the first time
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Denis McDonough announced that officials, for the first time, will offer surgeries for transgender veterans seeking to transition, Military Times reported. The move follows ... more

•	NATIONAL Fairness Act, trans murder, Caitlyn Jenner, controversial baker
•	BOOKS Precious Brady-Davis has arrived
•	476,000 transgender adults in the U.S. have no IDs with the correct gender marker

AIDS & Health

•	1.2 million LGBTQ adults in the U.S. identify as nonbinary
•	Cost-free breast-health testing offered to hospitality workers
•	VA to offer surgery to transgender vets for the first time

Lesbian

Chicago Dyke March on June 26
The Chicago Dyke March is slated to resume Saturday, June 26, at 2 p.m., starting at Palmer Square Park, 2200 N. Kedzie Ave. ... more

•	Nobody's Darling offers Chicago's queer women a new space to gather
•	Pride celebration with Lightfoot, tennis legend King on June 24
•	Local lesbian couple talks new band The Q's, love story, other endeavors

Sports

adidas celebrates Illinois Olympic icon with Honoring Black Excellence Initiative
At a private engagement at The Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation Headquarters, adidas and track-and-field icon Jackie Joyner-Kersee gathered friends and family for an intimate mural unveiling for the launch of the ... more

•	Courtney Vandersloot wins WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week
•	First active pro football player comes out as gay
•	St. Georges debuts as Red Stars tie Washington

Youth

Dept. of Education: Title IX also protects LGBTQ students
The Department of Education will interpret Title IX—a federal law that protects students from sex-based discrimination in federally funded schools—to protect LGBTQ students from discrimination, according to a federal notice ... more

•	Study finds overrepresentation of LGBTQ+ youth in Midwest Foster Care System
•	Back 2 School Illinois Build-A-Kit event Oct. 22, 2021 at Center on Halsted
•	New Broadway Youth Center being readied for 2021 opening

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