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It turned out that U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Senior LGBTQI+ Coordinator Jay Gilliam traveled to Uganda on Feb. 19-27, per The Washington Blade. He visited the capital of Kampala and the nearby city oftext/html2024-03-15T13:53:28-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew DavisNATIONAL Missouri measure, HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, judge, Texas schools
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In Missouri, a newly proposed law could charge teachers and counselors with a felony and require them to register as sex offenders if they're found guilty of supporting transgender students who are socially transitioning, CNN noted.text/html2024-03-12T13:12:36-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLongtime LGBTQ+-rights activist David Mixner dies at 77
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On March 11, longtime LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS activist David Mixner known for working on Bill Clinton's presidential campaign but then splitting from him over "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) died at age 77, The Advocate reported. text/html2024-03-06T21:48:26-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAMA launches toolkit to increase screenings for HIV, STIs, hepatitis, tuberculosis
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CHICAGO — With disruptions in clinical care caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and viral hepatitis across the U.S., the American Medical Associationtext/html2024-03-01T10:55:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNATIONAL School items, HIV/AIDS activist dies, Nex Benedict, inclusive parade
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In a new survey, the Pew Research Center asked public K-12 teachers, teens and the U.S. public about the ongoing scrutiny placed on classroom curricula, mainly regarding race and LGBTQ+ identities, ABC News noted. Among othertext/html2024-02-27T20:38:36-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichAdvocates call for increased HIV funding amid state's 'disappointing' pattern of flat funding
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Governor JB Pritzker's proposed 2025 budget has no increase in HIV funding, continuing a years-long pattern of flat spending toward tackling the epidemic in Illinois. Pritzker outlined his $52.7 billion budget for the 2025 fiscal yeartext/html2024-02-22T18:44:08-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comHIV criminal laws disproportionately impact Black men in Mississippi
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A new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that at least 43 people in Mississippi were arrested for HIV-related crimes between 2004 and 2021. Half of all arrests in the statetext/html2024-02-19T18:01:33-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern Hester'West Side Story' gets a sex-positive spin with new burlesque show
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In partial observance of National Condom Day, which was Feb. 14, Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) presented A West Side Story Burlesque at the Harris Theater for two hour-long performances on Feb. 17. The show,text/html2024-02-13T19:25:49-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.com$200,000+ raised at AIDS Foundation Chicago's World of Chocolate Fundraiser to fight HIV/AIDS
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(Chicago, IL) More than 950 guests gathered at Chicago's famed Union Station (500 W. Jackson) for Chicago's Sweetest Fundraiser, AIDS Foundation Chicago's (AFC), World of Chocolate on Friday, February 9.text/html2024-02-12T01:57:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellMunar prepares to step away from Howard Brown leadership
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After 10 years of leadership at Howard Brown Health, President and CEO David Ernesto Munar has decided to step down from his post on Feb. 29. Munar, who'd previously been president and CEO of AIDS Foundationtext/html2024-02-11T12:59:14-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicagoans indulge in a World of Chocolate
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago hosted its 2024 World of Chocolate celebration the evening of Feb. 9 at Union Station. Top chocolatiers from across the city allowed guests to sample numerous confections, hors d'oevres and libations fortext/html2024-02-07T17:44:08-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNational Black Justice Coalition commemorates National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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WASHINGTON — Today, Feb. 7, marks National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). In commemoration, Dr. David J. Johns, CEO of the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), a leading Black LGBTQ+/same-gendertext/html2024-02-03T23:48:10-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR Chocolatier Uzma Sharif on being part of World of Chocolate
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AIDS Foundation Chicago will hold its annual World of Chocolate event on Friday, Feb. 9, at 6 p.m. at Union Station, 500 W. Jackson Blvd. Attendees will embark on a global tour of chocolate but there willtext/html2024-01-30T19:17:53-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comSeattle LGBTQ+ bars push back against raids
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In Seattle, a group of Capitol Hill gay bars and clubs are teaming with neighborhood queer community leaders Dan Savage and Terry Miller in calling for the state's liquor control board and Seattle police officials totext/html2024-01-27T13:13:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLeather Archives & Museum announces 2024 Fetish Film Forum
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CHICAGO, Illinois—After a wildly successful inaugural year, including a 10-film series at the Leather Archives & Museum and a 5-film series at FACETS, the Leather Archives & Museum is thrilled to announce the continuation of Fetishtext/html2024-01-19T13:02:45-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL Wis. report, gender dysphoria, HIV research, Stonewall exhibit, gay CEOs
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A new annual report from Wisconsin's Office of Children's Mental Health shows that the state's minors especially girls, children of color and LGBTQ+ youth continue to struggle with anxiety, depression and thoughtstext/html2024-01-05T14:13:51-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Activist honored, marriages in Estonia, Madrid law, trans sports item
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The National AIDS Commission (NAC) recently honored Caleb Orozco—a leading figure in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights in Belize—for his instrumental contributions to the national HIV response, BNN reported. Accordingtext/html2023-12-31T13:41:21-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR World of Chocolate, Jaleo and 'Superhot'
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World of wonder: I am excited to announce that I will be a judge at AIDS Foundation Chicago's World of Chocolate fundraiser! Join me in sampling delicious chocolate from local chefs and help support a greattext/html2023-12-29T13:29:57-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Brianna Ghey, archbishops, HIV, George Michael, Albanian women
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A boy and a girl, each 16, were found guilty of murdering a transgender teenager in northwest England earlier this year in a knife attack, per a Yahoo! News item that cited the AP. Brianna Ghey,text/html2023-12-18T21:41:29-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPASSAGES Frankie Franklin-Foxx
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Frankie Franklin-Foxx (born Waverlynn Franklin), a resident of Chicago's North Side, passed away peacefully Dec. 13 at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston. She was 68. Born at Cook County Hospital, Frankie graduated from South Shore Hightext/html2023-12-08T15:06:18-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL Dr. Rachel Levine, World AIDS Day, trans deaths, Philly bar art
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United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Liles C. Burke ruled that emails and other records from U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel Levine are relevant to a lawsuit challenging Alabama's bantext/html2023-12-08T15:02:46-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Laws and HIV/AIDS, Russia's crackdown, LGB Alliance, Olympians
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A senior UN official said that anti-LGBTQ+ laws stop people from accessing life-saving health services and seriously impede progress on eliminating HIV/AIDS, The Guardian reported. Sixty-seven countries have laws thattext/html2023-12-05T20:38:42-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterSTRUT marks World AIDS Day with 14th Annual Fashion Show
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On Dec. 3, John Fleming and Madman Productions presented the 14th annual STRUT fashion show at Joe's on Weed Street, 940 W. Weed St. As in previous years, the standing room only show was a fundraiser,text/html2023-12-03T13:36:31-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellWorld AIDS Day commemorated at AIDS Garden Chicago
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On the rainy morning of Dec. 1, Chicago Parks Foundation and the AIDS Garden Chicago Board of Directors hosted a World AIDS Day commemoration at AIDS Garden Chicago, just south of Belmont Harbor on the Lakefront.text/html2023-12-01T13:03:05-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGLAAD marks World AIDS Day with launch of global resource hub, new HIV report
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New York, New York — Friday, Dec. 1 — GLAAD marked World AIDS Day this year by sharing the results of its fourth annual State of HIV Stigma Report, a national survey among U.S. adults measuringtext/html2023-12-01T12:44:40-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Queer teen dies, trans activist honored, HIV drugs, mpox, British lesbian
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In India, queer makeup artist Pranshu reportedly died by suicide—at age 16—after being subjected to relentless attacks online, PinkNews noted. On social media, LGBTQIA+-rights advocacy collective Yes, We Exist claimedtext/html2023-11-29T21:52:26-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comWrightwood 659 to present 'Daniel Goldstein: The Marks We Leave Behind' on World AIDS Day
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(CHICAGO, Nov. 29, 2023) Alphawood Exhibitions will present Daniel Goldstein: The Marks We Leave Behind, an exhibition of works from the San Francisco-based artist & HIV/AIDS activist's iconic "Icarian Series,"text/html2023-11-03T14:47:49-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteWTTW doc chronicles the activism of Danny Sotomayor
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Practically everything the late Chicago AIDS activist Danny Sotomayor did was "a fight." So says fellow activist Victor Salvo in the new WTTW documentary The Outrage of Danny Sotomayor, which is part of the station's Chicagotext/html2023-10-31T19:29:59-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comWorld AIDS Day event at AIDS Garden Chicago Dec. 1
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Since 1988, communities around the world have stood together on World AIDS Day to show continued strength and solidarity against HIV/AIDS. We gather for awareness and for understanding of HIV/AIDS, for compassion and love for thosetext/html2023-10-27T21:44:39-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellPASSAGES: Longtime social justice activist, filmmaker, writer Amber Hollibaugh
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Longtime social justice and HIV/AIDS activist, filmmaker, public speaker and writer Amber Hollibaugh died Oct. 20 due to complications from type one diabetes in her Brooklyn, New York home. She was 77. A self-described "lesbian sextext/html2023-10-20T18:33:18-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis BOOKS Writer/HIV survivor Mark S. King talks about 'My Fabulous Disease'
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For decades, HIV survivor and GLAAD Award-winning writer Mark S. King has penned the blog "My Fabulous Disease" a warts-and-all look at his life covering everything from an encounter with an armed crystal-meth addict to a majortext/html2023-10-16T23:12:15-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGerber/Hart holds Fall benefit, This Archive is Queer
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On the evening of October 13, Gerber/Hart Library and Archive held its fall benefit titled This Archive is Queer, with an aim to raise money for the continued expansion of the organization and the purchase oftext/html2023-10-04T23:13:57-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.com32nd Chicago AIDS Walk/Run takes off at Soldier Field
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The 32nd annual AIDS Run & Walk Chicago took place Sept. 30 from Soldier Field, this year with the motto "Show Up, Show Out.” About 2,500 participants—with a united goal of reaching $500,000 for local organizationstext/html2023-09-28T13:22:39-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD African efforts, HIV in Amsterdam, Donatella Versace, 'The Queen in Me'
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A new attempt to prevent the recognition of and equal rights for LGBTQ+ people in Kenya through a constitutional amendment has been introduced in Parliament, The Washington Blade reported. The move was in response to thistext/html2023-09-09T12:14:59-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAIDS Run & Walk Chicago 2023 to draw thousands to Soldier Field on Sept. 30
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The AIDS Run & Walk Chicago returns to Chicago's Soldier Field on Saturday, Sept. 30 to help create equity and justice across Chicagoland and raise awareness and funds for individuals who are living with or vulnerabletext/html2023-08-29T11:33:27-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Dancers United raises more than $365K at Dance for Life
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Chicago Dancers United (CDU) which supports the health and wellness of Chicago's professional dance community welcomed 1,600 people to the 32nd annual Dance for Life on Aug. 19 at Auditorium Theatre, pertext/html2023-08-27T00:22:37-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNew guidelines increase HIV antiretroviral options
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is expanding its recommendation for HIV antiretrovirals because more options are available on the market, according to MedScape. The guidance, published Aug. 22 in JAMA, updates the group's prevtext/html2023-08-11T14:09:39-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Sauna raid, HIV items, World Bank, 'Barbie,' JK Rowling
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In Venezuela, three men who were arrested when authorities raided a gay sauna on July 23 have been released from jail, per The Washington Blade. Officers in Valencia, the country's third largest city, arrested 33 peopletext/html2023-08-07T15:00:23-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.com'Show up, Show out!' 32nd Annual AIDS Run & Walk Chicago on Sept. 30
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(Chicago, IL) Registration is now open for the 32nd annual AIDS Run & Walk Chicago (ARWC) presented by AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC) on Saturday, September 30 at Soldier Field. "Show up, Show Out" is this year'stext/html2023-08-06T20:17:39-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterChicago House indulges in Champagne Wrapture
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Chicago House's annual fundraiser, Champagne Wrapture, returned to the Windy City the evening of Aug. 3. The event was held at 600 N. Fairbanks Court on the rooftop deck and featured a silent auction, free-flowing champagne,text/html2023-08-04T13:48:01-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL Drag news, HIV-bias lawsuit, Disney, Brittney Griner, gay dancer
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Swastika flag-toting neo-Nazis, some of them armed, were at a Wisconsin LGBTQ+ Pride celebration that included a drag show, The Advocate reported. Members of the neo-Nazi extremist group Blood Tribe joined other right-wing hate groups, liketext/html2023-08-01T10:59:34-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLGBTQ+ cycling club builds both community and awareness
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For the second summer in a row, Cruise Chi, Chicago's new LGBTQ+ cycling club, has been fostering a sense of community while supporting queer- and trans-advocacy. The group, led by co-founders Alton Deon and Shai Garcia,text/html2023-07-28T17:13:08-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Global conference, asylum-seekers, HIV study, lesbian couple, The 1975
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More than 400 people attended a global LGBTQI+-rights conference that took place in Mexico City, The Washington Blade reported. Jessica Stern, the special U.S. envoy for the promotion of LGBTQ and intersex rights; and Victor Madrigal-Borloz,text/html2023-07-21T17:06:34-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comWORLD Iranian president, HIV in Asia, asylum, lesbian moms
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi praised Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for signing the African country's Anti-Homosexuality Act, The Washington Blade noted. Iran is among the countries in which consensual same-sex sexual relationstext/html2023-07-01T12:49:22-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGilead prevails in HIV antitrust suit brought by consumers
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On June 30, pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences triumphed over consumers in a $3.6-billion class-action suit that claimed the company deliberately manipulated the market in order to profit off of its expensive HIV treatment drugs, Courthouse Newstext/html2023-06-28T22:59:10-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLakeside Pride Music Ensembles first out HIV+ board chair works to grow visibility
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Chicago, Illinois — Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles, Chicago's premiere music groups for the LGBTQ+ community members and allies, is currently under the direction of its first out HIV+ board chair, Brandon Strawn. Strawn has been atext/html2023-06-18T00:12:32-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNick PatriccaPASSAGES Artist Stash Kybartas
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Stashu Kybartas, a video artist who also worked in installation and performance art, passed away May 17 at his home in Chicago. Robert Colucci, his husband of 48 years, was with him at the time oftext/html2023-05-26T14:24:44-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL Google Doodle, drag laureate, Nebraska bill, NYC AIDS Walk
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D.C. poet/activist/journalist Ivy Young passed away at age 75, per a press release. Among other things, Young worked at Chicago's VISTA; the Center for Black Education and Drum and Spear Book Store in D.C.; thetext/html2023-05-24T22:15:37-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis TaskForce Chicago's ED talks organization, AIDS stigma and queerness
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Among the many organizations helping Chicago youths is TaskForce Prevention & Community Services. The West Side-based organization helps hundreds of youths by being committed to addressing the HIV/STI-related needs oftext/html2023-05-19T15:39:08-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comHB 1286 would allow gender-inclusive multi-occupancy restrooms, Chicago groups respond
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Statement from AIDS Foundation Chicago, Equality Illinois, and Pride Action Tank regarding HB 1286 to allow gender-inclusive multi-occupancy restrooms: We applaud the Illinois Senate for passing HB 1286 and urge the Illinois House to act expeditiously