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| | Margaret Cho: Comic/actress is 'Cho Dependent'
Margaret Cho is working some serious mojo these days with Cho Dependent, her new album and tour that take an unflinching and hilarious look at sex, drugs and rock and roll, as only she can. Phoning ... |
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| | Vampire Weekend's Batmanglij talks music, family
NUNN ON ONE: MUSIC
Rostam Batmanglij is producer and instrumentalist for the rock band Vampire Weekend. He chatted Nunn on One about the tour and trip back to Chicago. Windy City Times: Hi, Rostam. Thanks for taking my call. I ... |
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| | Little Village LGBT bar stirs controversy
Some community activists are calling for the closure of La Cueva, a Little Village bar that attracts a large gay and transgender clientele. La Cueva, which has been open since 1972, hosts drag shows Thursday through ... |
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| | i2i's special gala
The great hall of the Japanese American Service Committee was transformed Aug. 28 into a lively scene as 150 members, friends and allies of the queer Asian/Pacific Islander (API ) community gathered to network, celebrate their ... |
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| | CJR accused of fraud
A local LGBT-rights organization has come under fire once again from critics who allege that the group's executive director, Marc Loveless, produced a slew of faulty invoices to show to state authorities who reimbursed the organization ... |
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| | LGBTAs weigh in on Daley
Windy City Times asked a variety of individuals about what impressions outgoing Chicago Mayor Richard Daley made on them. This is what they had to say: —Modesto "Tico" Valle, Center on Halsted executive director: "Mayor Daley ... |
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| | Obama and the Gays: A Political Marriage—new book now available
CHICAGO — Obama and the Gays: A Political Marriage is a new book by long-time Chicago-based journalist Tracy Baim. The book presents an in-depth look at Obama's trajectory on gay issues, and will be available on ... |
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| | Lesbian attorney running for alderman
Emily Stewart, a corporate attorney, is running for the 46th Ward aldermanic post that Helen Shiller will soon vacate. Stewart—who lives with her partner, Courtney, a mental health therapist—earned her Bachelor of Arts from New York ... |
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| | Groups' HIV expo focuses on African Americans
Doctors and nurses specializing in the treatment of HIV/AIDS hosted an HIV expo Sept. 11 on the city's South Side at the Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center. The International Association of Physicians in AIDS ... |
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| | VIEWS Reigning hip-hop's Queen Latifah outed
Long before the African-American celebrity gossip, news, popular culture and entertainment blog Bossip.com outed Dana Owens, a.k.a, Queen Latifah with photos of her and gal pal and "personal trainer" Jeanette Jenkins in a tender embrace not ... |
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| | Carol Moseley Braun running for mayor
Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun has announced her candidacy for mayor. Speaking at the Hyatt Regency, Moseley Braun said that she will begin her petition drive, collecting enough signatures to qualify as a formal candidate. ... |
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| | Hall of Fame inducting 11 people, four groups
The Chicago Commission on Human Relations' Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues has released the names of 11 individuals and four organizations to be inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of ... |
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| | LGBTs included in immigration bill
Washington, D.C.—The Immigration Equality Action Fund has praised the introduction of a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the Senate, by Senator Robert Menendez, D-N.J., which includes the Uniting American ... |
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| | Rapper 50 Cent clarifies online remarks
On his Twitter page, rapper 50 Cent had posted an item suggesting that any man who doesn't like women should commit suicide, according to Advocate.com. He tweeted, "If you a man and your [ sic ] ... |
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| | Coalition responds to Alveda King at Planned Parenthood
BY CARRIE MAXELL On Sept. 23—the day that portions of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act went into effect—Black Women for Reproductive Justice organized a press conference at the ACLU headquarters on Michigan Avenue ... |
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| | VIEWS The controversy surrounding Bishop Long
Bishop Eddie Long is pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, a suburb of Atlanta, Ga. Some people think he is extremely successful to have grown his congregation from 150 people in 1987 to ... |
