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| | Views: Welcome
Thanks for the great response to the first issue of Identity, the continuation of the eight-year histories of BLACKlines and En La Vida. Windy City Media Group merged the two independent newspapers into a glossy ... |
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| | Views: Eggs and Mothers
In a saga that tests the understanding of modern science, judicial fairness, and the rights of gay and lesbian parents, two lesbian mothers are fighting over who should get custody rights of fraternal twins that both ... |
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| | Gerber/Hart Honors Rustin
Gerber/Hart Library commemorated African-American History Month with a program on Bayard Rustin Feb. 8. Historian John D'Emilio, Director of the Gender and Women's Studies program at UIC, reflected upon Rustin's life, work, and place in ... |
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| | Kate Millett, Dorothy Allison At U of C Feminism Confab
Feminism has rethought and transformed almost every area of modern life. On Saturday, Feb. 28, writers, scholars and activists who defined its past and those who are creating its future will come together at Back ... |
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| | Media/Queered Confab
Since the 1960s, queer people have become increasingly visible in the media. Queer identities in community life and politics may rely in the 21st century on the prevailing media landscape. The paradoxes of visibility are ... |
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| | Asian Gays Club
Long Yang Club of Chicago (LYCC) is a social support group for gay Asians and non-Asians. It is a member chapter of Long Yang Club International (www.longyangclub.org), the world's largest network of gay Asian/non-Asian groups ... |
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| | New Film: Bob & Rose
Alan Davies and Alan Davies and Lesley Sharp (The Full Monty) star as the loveable, star-crossed couple (he's gay, she's straight) that find love against all odds in Bob & Rose, the 2001 award-winning hit UK ... |
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| | Spirituality: Of Babies and Bathwater
Thanks for the many comments about this column. I shouted loud and thanks to all of you who answered. I have charged us as GLBT people to find faith in our community. That it is an essential missing part of ... |
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| | Spirituality: Marriage and religious tradition
Representatives from five religions spoke at Ann Sather's about marriage within their traditions in February. Ald. Tom Tunney moderated the panel. The Rev. Greg Dell (bottom) of Broadway United Methodist Church, the Rev. Wayne Bradley (top ... |
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| | Spirituality: Purrfectly Speaking
So, how did it go last month? Were you true to yourself? How did you spend your Valentine's Day? Let's continue with the topic of dating shall we? I would like to ask for your assistance. As you know, I am ... |
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| | Spirituality: South Side Church Reaches Out to Gay Bishop
Pictured Rev. Dr. Richard Tolliver and Right Rev. V. Gene Robinson. Photo by Tracy Baim For Chicago GLBTs, Sunday, Feb. 8, presented a tale of many churches. Starting on the South Side at St. Edmund's ... |
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| | Spirituality: Mentors
I've always thought that the LGBT community is ripe for but sorely lacking in mentorship - the passing of communal wisdom to queer youth in the hopes of helping them to avoid some of the more serious pitfalls associated with ... |
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| | Literary: Books for Your Shelf Women's History Month!
Yes, the herstorical, groundbreaking, must-have book for classic women of color writing is back in print. Rutgers University Press has re-issued Home Girls, a pivotal collection of works from some of the most important writers of ... |
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| | Literary Exchange Publishes Anthology
Chicago's 19-year-old women of color literary organization, Literary Exchange, is releasing its long-awaited anthology, Mother Tongues. A book release party is Sunday, March 7, 5-8 p.m. at Ain't That Sweet Cafe, 4315 S. State in ... |
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| | Being a Lady Ain't Easy
March is National Wimyn's Herstory Month - and by golly I'm a womyn, so I wanna celebrate, from a butch angle, the achievements of my Black sistahs, i.e. her: high-heels, stockings, fashion, make-up, nails and ... |
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| | Blacklines: Thoughts and Ideas
In the spring of 1983 there was an excitement in the air. Congressman Harold Washington was running for mayor of Chicago. Every time I remember that time of great expectations I wish it could be ... |
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| | Community: The Real Hook Up
Time to Raise the Bar on Social Justice
The plight of black men who love men is in the hands of black men. We have yet to dig out from under the vestiges of slavery, government sanction laws (segregation) that reduced our involvement ... |
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| | Coming Out Against Cancer Gala Feb. 7
Nearly 2,000 women and men joined together for the 13th annual Coming Out Against Cancer benefit for the Lesbian Community Cancer Project. Held at the sprawling South Shore Cultural Center, the event featured awards, dancing, food ... |
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| | Grapevine
'Have I been a lesbian? No, I don't think it's something you do as a hobby. ... There have been a few gay men that I've been in love with and let me tell you, if they ever, EVER [change ... |
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| | Vagina Monologues
C.C. Carter is putting together a local cast for a March 6 Vagina Monologues production, V-Day Chicago South-West 2004, 8 p.m. at the DuSable Museum. The three organizations that will benefit from this performance are: ... |
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| | LCCP Gets Grant
The Lesbian Community Cancer Project will receive a $99,000 grant by the Illinois Department of Public Health to train staff on the special health issues of lesbian, bisexual and transgender women in Illinois. LCCP will ... |
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| | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LESBIAN PROGRAM
The Mautner Project for Lesbian Health announced the first national health education program focused on African-American women who partner with women. Building on its successful Spirit Study of Black Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Health and ... |
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| | Queer 'Crips' Antholoy
The San Francisco Chronicle reported Jan. 23 about a new anthology out of that city that looks at life with disabilities. The writing of John Killacky, paralyzed from the neck down after a simple surgery, ... |
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| | SOUTH KOREA TO DE-LIST GAYS
The South Korean government said Feb. 4 it will remove homosexuality from its list of unacceptable sexual acts that harm teenagers. The list—which also includes incest, bestiality, prostitution and sadism—is used for censoring movies, books ... |
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| | UN EXTENDS BENEFITS
The United Nations Jan. 29 extended benefits to employees' same-sex spouses and registered domestic partners. The change came in the form of an administrative order from Secretary-General Kofi Annan. When an employee applies for the ... |
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| | En La Vida: Mundo 'De-mente'
Vivimos tiempos de fiesta dentro de nuestra comunidad GLBT... bueno, casi, todavía lidiamos con muchos asuntos que nos complican la existencia. Bastante gente aún se lo pregunta: ¡Amar y sentirse atraídos hacia otras personas del mismo ... |
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| | Lambda Legal Defense annual Freedom to Marry Day reception
At the Lambda Legal Defense annual Freedom to Marry Day reception. Photos by Israel Wright ... |
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| | Ford Foundation Grant Funds LLEGO's Latino LGBT Civil Rights Work
LLEGO, the National Latina/o Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Organization, has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to support ACCION LLEGO, the organization's national advocacy program addressing issues which make Latino LGBT ... |
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| | ALMA Job Post
The Chicago-based Association of Latino Men for Action (ALMA), the only openly Gay Latino men's nonprofit organization in the city, is accepting resumes for the position of part-time Executive Director to oversee the execution of ... |
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| | AIDS Confab
A conference on HIV/AIDS in the Latino Community will be helf May 7 in Chicago. Hispanocare presents this 5th annual medical conference. Call (773) 296-7157. ... |
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| | Spanish Rights
Reuters reports from Madrid that a Spanish judge has allowed the female partner of a mother of twins to adopt her children, making a same-sex couple legal parents for the first time in Spain, the ... |
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| | Out in Mexico
CTV (Canada) reports that 'openly gay cafes and bars are sprouting up in the [Mexico's] capital. They are emblematic of rising gay pride there.' Another sign that the social climate in Mexico might be liberalizing ... |
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| | LLEGO on Marriage, Awards
Martín Ornelas-Quintero, executive director of LLEGÓ was interviewed by Azteca America about developments on marriage for same-sex couples in Massachusetts. The Spanish-language Azteca America, available through affiliate stations in ... |
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| | Theater: Pulp
Miss those 1950s gender roles? Pulp is the world premiere play by Patricia Kane. It is an homage to lesbian pulp fiction novels from the 1950s. Tough, trash-talking Terry Logan takes up residency at The Well, ... |
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| | Gender: Old Dykes, old Faggots
I thought I'd freak on my 58th birthday. It's that kind of year: creeping up on 30, on 40, on 50, on —. Well, maybe I'm a little freaked, but only by the number, because lemme tellya, 58 is filled ... |
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| | Gender: God Based, Not Fear Based
'I wish I could hold you in my arms, and take all of your hurt and pain away. I wish I could kiss you on the forehead give you the courage I have to stand up and be proud of ... |
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| | Girls in Prison project for Women's History Month
'Voices in Time: Lives in Limbo' Gives Voice to Women and Girls in Prison for Women's History Month In celebration of Women's History Month, Beyondmedia Education and CLAIM (Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers) will host ... |
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| | Identity Hits Newsstands
Windy City Media Group launched its newest glossy magazine, Identity with the February edition. Identity is the continuation and the merger of two of WCMG's 'ethnic' monthly publications, BLACKlines and En La Vida, both eight ... |
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| | FYI: Site Club
Philadelphia Black Pride (www.phillyblackpride.org/): Philadelphia's reputation as the city of brotherly (and sisterly) love will certainly be underscored in April, when thousands of African-Americans will convene to attend various ... |
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| | FYI: Black Folk Sexuality And The Black Church
'Sexuality—The condition of being characterized and distinguished by sex,concern with or interest in sexual activity.' — American Heritage Dictionary If you mention or hear words revolved around sex, sexual ... |
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| | Identity Classifieds
CLASSIFIEDS ANNOUNCEMENTS AFRO-AMERICAN Life Experience Prints. www.cornellfitch.com. (04/04-2s) INTERVIEW PARTICIPANTS WANTED: The Oppression and HIV Risk Study at UIC seeks to improve HIV prevention services for African-american and Latino men. ... |
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| | Cruz Control: Actor Wilson Cruz in Town
Pictured Wilson Cruz with writer Emmanuel Garcia at the DePaul event. There I was, 12 years old and holding on to the remote control with my index finger over the change channel button just in case ... |
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| | Arts and Culture
ARTS EXPRESS **** = Gay/les/bi/queer/trans content or interest Theater Previews and Opening Nights Feb 28: The Way We Were (The History of Colored Entertainment) Black Ensemble Thtr, 4520 N Beacon (773) 769-4451 Feb 29: Knowing Cairo, ... |
