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| | 'Chat Daddy' Sims celebrates his birthday
Celebs, politicians, media folks and other friends helped Art 'Chat Daddy' Sims celebrate his birthday in style. Photos by Mel Ferrand ... |
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| | AIDS Activists March in Washington
The Campaign to End AIDS culminated its fall offensive with four days of education and lobbying in Washington, D.C., Nov. 5-8, while affinity groups carried out their own set of demonstrations and arrests. Nine caravans ... |
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| | BLACKlines: New Year
Here we are at the close of another year! 2005 has come and gone so quickly that it seems like I was wishing you a happy new year just one issue ago. With the closing of a year and the ... |
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| | Ryan White CARE Act Funding Urged
A steady stream of individuals pleaded their cases and expressed their opinions to Bush administration representatives regarding reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act. The town hall meeting took place Nov. 10 at Wesley United ... |
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| | Mundo De-mente: FIN
Hoy Chicago es ya uno de mis capítulos más queridos y aunque se que es un pasado muy reciente se siente muy distante; tal vez porque le extraño. Ese lugar fue testigo de una etapa que transformó mi vida, me ... |
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| | APCN Awards
The AIDS Pastoral Care Network (APCN ) honored several individuals at its annual Tree of Life Awards breakfast that took place Nov. 10 at the School of the Art Institute Ballroom. The Tree of Life ... |
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| | REFLECTIONS: Sistahs We Must Persevere
Can you feel it? It's in the air all around us—the excitement of the HOLIDAY SEASON! Many look forward to this time of the year, while others are depressed by it. Well, I pray that everyone tries to make it ... |
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| | Latino Same-Sex Report Released
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) and the National Latino/a Coalition for Justice (NLCJ) teamed up to announce the release of Hispanic and Latino Same-Sex Couple Households in the United States: A Report ... |
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| | An Evening with Long-Term Survivors
Recently I had the honor of sharing an evening with warriors on the frontlines in the War on HIV/AIDS. On Nov. 2, I attended the Second Annual Long-Term Survivors Award, presented by the Chicago Area ... |
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| | REFLECTIONS: Millions More
Is the glass half full or half empty? Widely distributed LGBT community newspapers mostly put the pessimistic 'half empty' spin on coverage of the Millions More Movement march and rally held in Washington D.C. Oct. ... |
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| | Daley Honors 14 at Hall of Fame
Pictured Daley with (from left) : Alexandra Scott Billings, Aldo Castillo and Rev. Juan Reed. Photos by Tracy Baim Mayor Richard Daley was in high spirits at the 15th annual Gay and Lesbian Hall of ... |
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| | SPIRITUALITY: Cathy Knight, Yes I Am
When Cathy Knight told me a couple of years ago that she was heading to Southern churches to talk about inclusion for GLBT people, I thought, 'Wow! That's not going to be easy.' And it has not been. There has ... |
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| | Amigas 10th B-Day Gala
Amigas Latinas hosted its 10th anniversary dinner and scholarship benefit in November. Photos by Tracy Baim. ... |
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| | Man Held in Murder of Teen
A Chicago man will remain held in lieu of bail after appearing in court Nov. 9 on charges he killed a 14-year-old boy whose body was found in Lincoln Park in August, the Chicago Tribune reported. Shawn Thigpen, 28, of ... |
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| | U.N. official blasts So. Africa's AIDS efforts
The United Nations' special envoy to Africa on HIV/AIDS, Stephen Lewis, says South Africa still isn't getting anti-HIV drugs to enough of its citizens, Johannesburg's Business Day reported Oct. 26. 'I have great respect for ... |
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| | 'Mr Sulu' Comes Out
While the Star Trek series has been accused of ignoring issues of sexuality in galaxies far, far away, on earth it appears that one of the original Trekkies had something hidden in his futuristic closet all ... |
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| | Rosa Parks Dies at 92
by Bob Roehr Rosa Parks, whose act of civil disobedience in 1955 inspired the modern civil rights movement, died Oct. 24 in Detroit, Mich., according to the Associated Press. She was 92. Parks's moment in ... |
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| | Hoops Star Swoopes Comes Out
Although the Chicago White Sox winning the World Series dominated news (at least in Chicago ) , there were other happenings in the sports arena last month—with the most momentous being the coming out of ... |
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| | EN LA VIDA Mundo De-mente Un recado
¡Albricias! ¡Albricias! ¿Qué creeen? Les cuento que por fin ya, ahora si, su alienado servidor que mes tras mes se balconea con ustedes ha salido del clóset con quien le trajo al mundo, osea, su ... |
