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| | A snapshot from Milwaukee's PrideFest
Gals enjoying Milwaukee's annual PrideFest weekend. Photo by Suzanne Kraus ... |
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| | Site Club
1. Noah's Arc (www.noahsarc.net): By the time this issue of Identity is published, you'll be available to purchase the DVD of this ground-breaking series that centers on the lives of four Black gay men (Noah, Alex, ... |
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| | RU-de Awakening!
This summer promises to be HOT! HOT! HOT! Red Hot that is. With the long overdue next album of RuPaul. The album, titled RuPaul~Red Hot, will be released this summer. The CD is a compilation of ... |
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| | Keith Boykin, Chrissy Gephardt on TV's 'American Candidate'
Pictured Gay activist Keith Boykin announces in New York for Showtime's American Candidate. The kickoff announcement and rally took place at the LGBT Community Center. See www.keithboykin.com and www.americancandidate.com ... |
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| | The In's and Out's
Independence. The Freedom to be Individual. With Spirituality that can be a tall order. If you believe this, can you believe that? It is a large question, this either/or conundrum. Where we began and where ... |
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| | Purrfectly Speaking
Happy Pride. WOW! Another year has past. This past year was one of growth, independence and an end to an era of uncertainty, contentment and fear. I learned a lot about different relationships and what my ... |
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| | World News
1.1 million at São Paulo pride Police said 1.1 million people turned out in São Paulo, Brazil, June 13 for the city's eighth gay pride parade, which would make it the world's largest gay pride celebration. ... |
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| | Out for STAYING POWER
The Chicago Defender has a 99-year history of empowering the Black community. Its May 22, 2004 weekend edition's front-page headline was 'Black Gays, Lesbians Claim Anti-Gay Hate Being Fueled.' The nearly half-page photo just below ... |
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| | Mandela lashes Iraq abuse
Former South African President Nelson Mandela attacked the U.S. and Britain for the invasion of Iraq and abuse of Iraqi prisoners. 'We watch as two of the leading democracies, two leading nations of the free ... |
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| | ONYX Club Nights
ONYX leathermen's club relocated their monthly Club Nites to Touche—every third Friday of each month at 6412 N. Clark St., from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. www.onyxmen.com which ... |
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| | Long Yang Club
Long Yang Club International (www.longyangclub.org), the world's largest network of gay Asians and non-Asian groups, will be holding iCON2004 in Bangkok, Thailand Nov. 17 to 21, 2004. ... |
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| | Same-Sex Marriage: What Is It Really About?
Commitment—The act or an instance of committing, something pledged, especially an engagement by contract involving financial obligation. The state of being bound emotionally or intellectually to course of action or ... |
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| | Lambda Legal and Latino Orgs Breakfast on Marriage
Lambda Legal, Amigas Latinas and the Association of Latino Men for Action (ALMA) held a leadership breakfast to discuss marriage for same-sex couples and its impact on Latino communities. Speakers included Camilla Taylor, Lambda Legal ... |
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| | Chicago Latino Film Wins Award
Pictured From On The Downlow. Angel and Isaac. Tadeo Garcia. The film's cover. New York's Newfest has announced that On The Downlow won the prize for Best U.S.A. Narrative Feature Film. The film was sponsored by ... |
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| | MUNDO 'De-mente' De Chile, De mole y Pozole.
Parece que somos afortunados a los que nos toco vivir en los tiempos actuales, los GLBT están marcando el cambio, diariamente surgen nuevas noticias que nos incumben. Por ahora somos más o menos felices pero ... |
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| | Transgender Youth Kit
'Young people are identifying as transgender and beginning to transition earlier, and they need the tools to help them educate their parents, peers and schools,' according to a press release announcing a new resource kit. ... |
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| | Jamaican Gay Leader Murdered
Jamaica's best-known gay activist was murdered in Kingston June 9. Brian Williamson, 59, was found lying in a pool of blood in his bedroom with multiple knife wounds. 'The condition of his body ... and ... |
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| | PASSAGES
Samantha Mattox Samantha Mattox died May 15 of complications due to HIV/AIDS at Kindred Hospital. Samantha was a young African-American bi activist around multiple issues including queer liberation, women's liberation ... |
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| | Transgenders Winning Over the Arts and Minds
While exposure raises awareness, success reflects acceptance. Such is the hope of the transgender community today, as stories of people with fluid sexual identities are hitting the mainstream and collecting accolades like never before. I Am ... |
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| | Chicago Black Ministers Attack Gay marriage
A week after a group of pro-gay Black marriage activists gathered downtown for a press conference, more than two dozen African-American religious leaders gathered to attack gay marriages. At Sweet Holy Spirit Gospel Baptist Church, ... |
